Research Article

Effect of Sodium Benzenesulfonate on SO42− Removal from Water by Polypyrrole-Modified Activated Carbon

Table 1

Kinetics parameters for SO42− adsorption.

C0 (mg L−1)−1Pseudo-first-order modelPseudo-second-order model
k1 (min−1)qe (mg g−1)R2k2 (min−1)qe (mg g−1)R2

4000.268417.3310.94180.001229.2390.9981
5000.329821.9110.90330.000835.8420.9906
6000.331522.6420.92820.001134.4830.9903
7000.319621.8650.96220.001135.5870.9919
8000.309423.2310.97290.001533.6700.9906