Adsorption of Phthalates on Municipal Activated Sludge

Table 2

The rate constants and half-life of activated sludge adsorbing PAEs fitting first-order reaction (initial PAE concentration was 80 μg/L).

Phthalate ester	Kinetic equations	(h^−1)	(h)
DMP		2.486	0.279	0.9657
DEP		1.872	0.370	0.9380
DBP		1.599	0.433	0.9958
DEHP		0.697	0.994	0.9754
DOP		1.023	0.677	0.5657
BBP		4.629	0.150	0.9630