Synthesis of Electrospun Polyvinyl Butyral/Bentonite Nanofiber Film for Cationic Dye Removal

Table 5

Kinetic parameters for the adsorption of MB dye on PVB/bentonite nanofibers.

		Pseudo-first order model			Pseudo-second order model
C0 (mg/L)	qe,exp (mg/g)	K1 (1/min)	qe,cal (mg/g)	R^2	K2 (g/mg.min)	qe,cal (mg/g)	R^2
100	52.34	0.76	51.19	0.93	0.03	47.04	0.93
125	57.66	0.54	53.97	0.93	0.01	49.03	0.91
150	54.27	0.79	53.25	0.94	0.03	48.85	0.96
175	53.70	1.27	53.61	0.95	0.06	50.62	0.95
200	63.62	1.17	63.45	0.95	0.04	59.46	0.97