Table 3 Kinetic model parameters for the Cu (II) biosorption by
Bacillus
sp. SRCM 112835 cells
C
0
(mg/L)
q
exp
1)
(mg/g)
Pseudo-first-order
Pseudo-second-order
k
1
(min
-1
)
q
e
(mg/g)
R
2
k
2
(
g/mg/min
)
q
e
(mg/g)
R
2
R
ade
(mg/g/min)
30.3
38.9
0.104
37.03
0.97
0.003
41.31
0.99
5.12
58.7
52.2
0.234
47.25
0.87
0.007
50.73
0.97
18.01
1) Experiment q (mg/g)