Time(hr)

Concentration of organic(mg/L)

0
6
12
24
48
72
96

ln(concentration of organic)
1/[concentration]
15
2.7080502011 0.066667
1st order : ln(
8.1
2.0918640617 0.123457
5.3
1.6677068206 0.188679
3.3
1.1939224685 0.30303
1.9
0.6418538862 0.526316
1.2
0.1823215568 0.833333
ln(concentration of organic)(
1
0
1

Oth Order Graph: Concentration vs. Time

16
14
12
10

Concentration of organic(mg/L)

2nd orde

8
6

4
2
0

20

40

60

Time(hr)

80

100

120

1/[Concentration] (L/mg)

/[concentration]

1st order : ln(concentration of organic) vs. Time

3
2.5
2

ncentration of organic)(mg/L)

1.5
1
0.5
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Time (hr)

2nd order: 1/[concentration] vs Time

ncentration] (L/mg)

1.2
1

f(x) = 0.0099914304x + 0.0662418702

R = 0.9958268602

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

20

40

60

Time (hr)

k= 0.01

L/ mg-hr

80

100

120

Added Cd (uM)

Dissolved Cd(uM)
60
0.16
120
0.25
200
0.5
320
1.3
500
3.2

Co= 100 mg/ L

Ce
Cs
Dissolved Cd( (uM)Added Cd (mole/m2)
0.16
0.003
0.25
0.006
0.5
0.01
1.3
0.016
3.2
0.025

3a. Adsorption Isotherm)

0.03
0.025
0.02

Cs (mole/m2)

0.015
0.01
0.005
0

0.5

1.5

Ce (uM))

2.5

3.5

Langmuir
Ce
Cs
Dissolved Cd( (uM)Ce/Cs (m2/ L solution)
0.16 53.333333333
0.25 41.666666667
0.5
50
1.3
81.25
3.2
128

K=
0.665784426 L /umole
Cs, max= 0.03647106 moles/m2

3b. Langmuir Isotherm

140
120

f(x) = 27.4186683878x + 41.1830008044

R = 0.9707688047

100
80

Ce/Cs (m2/ L)

60
40
20
0

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

Ce(uM)

Dissolved Cd( (uM)Cs(moles/m2)

0.16 0.0035110788
0.25 0.0052042404
0.5 0.0091087125
1.3 0.0169209803
3.2 0.0248208632

3c. Lineraize with K and Cs,max

0.03
0.025
0.02

Ce

0.015
0.01
0.005
0

0.5

1.5

CS

2.5

3.5

0.01
0.005
0

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

CS

Dissolved Cd( (uM)Added Cd (mole/m2)

0.16
0.003
0.25
0.006
0.5
0.01
1.3
0.016
3.2
0.025
16
0.04
32
0.065
82
0.105

Langmuir
Ce
Cs
Dissolved CCe/Cs (m2/ L solution)
0.16 53.333333333
0.25 41.666666667
0.5
50
1.3
81.25
3.2
128
16
400
32 492.30769231
82 780.95238095

Freundlich
ln(Ce)
-1.832581
-1.386294
-0.693147
0.262364
1.163151
2.772589
3.465736
4.406719

3d. Langmuir Isotherm

900
800

f(x) = 9.159742709x + 98.3986641298

R = 0.9087981952

700
600

Ce/Cs

500
400
300
200
100
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Ce

3d. Freundlich Isotherm

-3

ln Ce

-2

-1

0
-1

-2
f(x) = 0.5110769322x - 4.4662541599
-3
R = 0.9688465212
-4
-5
-6
-7

ln (Cs)

Freundlich Iostherm gives the best fit because it has the best linear fit.
Because there are multiple sitesand specific interactions
Sites are not limited n>1
for Cs=Kf*Ce^(1/n)

Dissolved CCs
0.16 0.003511
0.25 0.005204
0.5 0.009109
1.3 0.016921
3.2 0.024821

0.4

ln(Cs)
-5.809143
-5.115996
-4.60517
-4.135167
-3.688879
-3.218876
-2.733368
-2.253795

Added Cd (Dissolved Cd(uM)

60
0.16
120
0.25
200
0.5
320
1.3
500
3.2
800
16
1300
32
2100
82

3c. Lineraize with K and Cs,max

0.03
0.025
0.02

Ce

0.015
0.01
0.005
0

0.5

1.5

CS

2.5

3.5

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