Efficacy of Moringa oleifera Seed Husk as Adsorptive Agent for Trihalomethanes from a Water Treatment Plant in Southwestern, Nigeria

Table 7

Langmuir and Freundlich constants for the adsorption of trichloromethane and tribromomethane using Moringa oleifera seed husk activated carbon.

Adsorbent	Contaminants	Langmuir constants				Freundlich constants
Moringa oleifera seed husk activated carbon		q m(mg/g)	k a(L/mg)	R ^2	I/n	k f(mg/g(l/mg)^1/n)	R ^2
	Trichloromethane	−5.59 × 10^−3	0.023	0.139	1.869	0.424	0.112
	Tribromomethane	0.0297	4.255	0.002	−1.491	5.920	0.040

R ² = correlation coefficient.