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Table 2 Adsorption characteristics of activated carbon prepared from rice husk

From: Preparation of porous bio-char and activated carbon from rice husk by leaching ash and chemical activation

Freundlich isotherm constant

\(\ln (q_{e} ) = \ln (k{}_{f}) + \frac{1}{n}\ln (C_{e} )\)

Langmuir isotherm constant

\(\frac{1}{{q_{e} }} = \frac{1}{{K_{L} }} + \frac{1}{{K_{L} b}} \times \frac{1}{{C_{e} }}\)

Langmuir–Hinshelwood isotherm constant

\(\frac{{C_{e} }}{{q_{e} }} = \frac{1}{{Q_{\hbox{max} } K_{ads} }} + \frac{{C_{e} }}{{Q_{\hbox{max} } }}\)

k f

n

r2

KL

B

r2

Qmax

b

r2

208.93

3.215

0.842

333.33

3.000

0.940

301.18

3.690

0.995

  1. qe = uptake by activated carbon at equilibrium, mg g−1; Ce = concentration of solution at equilibrium, mg L−1; n = Freundlich constant; kf = adsorption coefficient, L g−1; KL = Langmuir adsorption constant, mg g−1; b = constant related to energy of adsorption, L g−1; Qmax = the maximum adsorbed quantity, mole g−1; Kads = Langmuir adsorption constant related to energy of adsorption, L M−1