Separation of Levofloxacin from Industry Effluents Using Novel Magnetic Nanocomposite and Membranes Hybrid Processes

Table 3

Kinetics parameters for adsorption of LEV onto MCN.

Concentration (mg/L)	Kinetic models
20	Pseudo 1st order:
	K1 (min^−1)	0.056
	q (mg/g)	9.95
	R^2	0.982
40	Pseudo 1st order:
	K1 (min^−1)	0.044
	q (mg/g)	12.53
	R^2	0.993
20	Pseudo 2nd order:
	K2 (gmg^−1min^−1)	0.026
	q (mg/g)	18.11
	R^2	0.973
40	Pseudo 2nd order:
	K2 (gmg^−1min^−1)	0.025
	q (mg/g)	16.25
	R^2	0.995
20	Intraparticle diffusion model:
	Kdiff	1.80
	C	3.70
	R^2	0.943
40	Intraparticle diffusion model:
	Kdiff	1.522
	C	1.60
	R^2	0.943