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Table 4 Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherm constants for the adsorption of CV dye onto produced samples

From: Thermoplastic starch (TPS)-based composite films for wastewater treatment: synthesis and fundamental characterization

Adsorbent

Langmuir isotherm model

Freundlich isotherm model

qm (mg/g)

KL (L/mg)

RL

R2

1/n

n

KF (mg/g)(L/mg)1/n

R2

UTPS

4.4

0.06

0.45

0.976

0.58

1.7

0.4

0.917

UTPS/ISC2

4.6

0.07

0.26

0.9807

0.55

1.81

0.5

0.91

UTPS/ISC2/SICNCs

7.6

0.1

0.2

0.9881

0.56

1.79

0.9

0.9076

 

Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherm model

Temkin isotherm model

qDR (mg/g)

KDR (mol2/J2)

R2

bT (kJ/mol)

KT (L/mg)

R2

UTPS

3

4 × 10–6

0.8759

2.43

0.556

0.9564

UTPS/ISC2

3.16

3 × 10–6

0.8788

2.34

0.68

0.9598

UTPS/ISC2/SICNCs

5

1 × 10–6

0.8515

1.5

1.1

0.9629