Research Article
Sorption Efficiency of a New Sorbent towards Cadmium(II): Methylphosphonic Acid Grafted Polystyrene Resin
Table 1
Models rate constants for Cd(II) sorption kinetics by the functionalized resin.
| Models | Parameters | [Cd(II)]0 = 0.5 mmol·L−1 | [Cd(II)]0 = 1.0 mmol·L−1 |
| First-order rate | (mg·g−1) | 2.20 | 12.43 | (mg·g−1) | 9.02 | 17.93 | (min−1) | 0.050 | 0.020 | | 0.800 | 0.880 |
| Pseudo second-order rate | (mg·g−1) | 9.09 | 20.0 | (mg·g−1) | 9.02 | 17.93 | (g·mg−1·min−1) | 1.6442 | 0.00262 | | 0.999 | 0.991 |
| Second-order rate | (mg·g−1) | 0.67 | 14.37 | (mg·g−1) | 9.02 | 17.93 | (g·mg−1·min−1) | 0.8052 | 0.05599 | | 0.928 | 0.901 |
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