Initial

conc. (mg/L)

Qe

(mg/g)

First order kinetics model

SSE (%)

Second order kinetics model

SSE (%)

K1 (min−1)

qecal (mg/g)

R2

K2 (g/mg/mm)

qecal (mg/g)

R2

50

12.34

0.077

13.52

0.98

0.60

0.0053

13.83

0.99

0.48

100

24.77

0.082

26.00

0.91

0.57

0.0026

27.49

0.99

0.95

150

37.00

0.061

37.12

0.98

0.04

0.0018

42.49

0.99

1.45

200

47.00

0.058

46.82

0.98

0.69

0.0012

55.25

0.99

1.98