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Table 1 (A) Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms constants (B) Kinetic parameters for the biosorption of MB and MO onto the zinc phosphate nanosheets synthesized by A. fumigatus

From: Unveiling antibacterial and antioxidant activities of zinc phosphate-based nanosheets synthesized by Aspergillus fumigatus and its application in sustainable decolorization of textile wastewater

A. Isotherm model

Equations

Parameters

Adsorbed dye

MB

MO

Langmuir isotherm

\(\frac{1}{{q}_{e}}\) =\(\frac{1}{{K}_{L}{q}_{max}} \frac{1}{{C}_{e}}+ \frac{1}{{q}_{max}}\)

qmax (mg/g)

178.25

50.10

KL (L/mg)

0.01

0.04

R2

0.99

0.99

Freundlich isotherm

q = KF C1/n

KF (mg/g)

2.632

0.877

n

1.37

1.17

R2

0.92

0.94

B. Kinetic model

 

qe (exp.) (mg/g)

33.54

16.02

Pseudo-first-order

\(\mathrm{ln}({q}_{e}-{q}_{t})= \mathrm{ln}{q}_{e}-{K}_{1}\) t

qe (calc.) (mg/g)

7.54

3.55

K1 (min−1)

0.116

0.125

R2

0.904

0.617

Pseudo-second-order

\(\frac{1}{{q}_{e}}\)=\(\frac{1}{{K}_{L } {q}_{max} {C}_{e}} \times \frac{1}{{q}_{max}}\)

qe (calc.) (mg/g)

33.61

16.13

K2 (g/mg/min)

0.043

0.087

R2

0.99

0.99