Journal of Hazardous Materials 2005-11-11

Prediction of optimum sorption isotherm: comparison of linear and non-linear method.

K Vasanth Kumar, S Sivanesan

Index: J. Hazard. Mater. 126(1-3) , 198-201, (2005)

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Abstract

Equilibrium parameters for Bismarck brown onto rice husk were estimated by linear least square and a trial and error non-linear method using Freundlich, Langmuir and Redlich-Peterson isotherms. A comparison between linear and non-linear method of estimating the isotherm parameters was reported. The best fitting isotherm was Langmuir isotherm and Redlich-Peterson isotherm equation. The results show that non-linear method could be a better way to obtain the parameters. Redlich-Peterson isotherm is a special case of Langmuir isotherm when the Redlich-Peterson isotherm constant g was unity.