Research Article

Statistical Optimization of Bioleaching for Simultaneous Recovery of Cu, Sn, Pb, and Zn from Computer-Printed Circuit Boards

Table 7

Quality of the quadratic model for the leaching of heavy metals.

ParametersCuSnZnPb

Standard deviation (SD)0.3750.77410.48260.5587
Mean92.6391.5993.4495.58
Coefficient of variation (CV %)0.40480.84520.51650.5845
R-squared (R2)0.99170.93190.97130.9659
Adj R-squared (R2)0.98110.8910.93440.9222
Pred R-squared (R2)0.95490.69890.72950.7405
Adequate precision (AP)33.010216.079518.134216.643