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Table 2 Fitting parameters obtained from the linear transformation of the data for Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin–Radushkevich adsorption models

From: Adsorption of copper (II) on mesoporous silica: the effect of nano-scale confinement

Material

Langmuir fit

Freundlich fit

Dubinin–Radushkevich fit

Substrate

KL, L/µmol

qm−L, µmol/m2

r2

n

KF (µmol/m2)

r2

KD–R, mol2/kJ2

qm−DR µmol/m2

r2

SBA-15-8

2.0 ± 0.4

0.057 ± 0.008

0.996

1.23 ± 0.03

0.060 ± 0.002

0.998

3.4 × 10−8 ± 8 × 10−9

0.0251 ± 0.001

0.962

SBA-15-6

2.7 ± 0.6

0.05 ± 0.01

0.996

1.36 ± 0.08

0.053 ± 0.004

0.990

3.0 × 10−8 ± 8 × 10−9

0.024 ± 0.002

0.984

SBA-15-4

3.6 ± 0.6

0.10 ± 0.01

0.994

1.27 ± 0.06

0.17 ± 0.01

0.992

2.9 × 10−8 ± 8 × 10−9

0.0622 ± 0.002

0.982