Research Article

Study on the Behaviors and Mechanism of Ni(II) Adsorption at the Hydroxyapatite-Water Interface: Effect of Particle Size

Table 1

The parameters of pseudo-first-order and Weber-Morris models of Ni(II) adsorption on micro-HAP and nano-HAP.

Models and parametersMicro-HAPNano-HAP

Pseudo-first-order model
(mg/g)127.06460.83
(g/mg·min)
0.99600.9999
Weber-Morris model
(mg/g·min-1/2)5.102.70
-1.63422.91
0.97590.9919
(mg/g·min-1/2)0.880.07
70.79457.49
0.98100.3116