Table 4 Comparison of qmax obtained from adsorption isotherms for Pb(II) biosorption
From: Comparative efficacy of locally isolated fungal strains for Pb(II) removal and recovery from water
Biomass | Langmuir | Freundlich | Dubinin–Radusskevic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
qe (mg/g) | qmax | b | RL | qmax | KF | n (ml/mg) | qmax | Es (J/mol) | |
A. caespitosus | 351.2 | 351.0 | 4.6 × 10−2 | 0.17 | 403.5 | 87.4 | 4.1 | 689.1 | 38.6 |
A. sp. RBSS-303 | 235.1 | 307.0 | 5.7 × 10−2 | 0.15 | 271.5 | 88.2 | 1.8 | 973.8 | 26.1 |
A. flavus HF5 | 346.6 | 274.8 | 8.2 × 10−2 | 0.11 | 346.3 | 83.7 | 4.5 | 522.4 | 16.6 |