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Table 2 Isotherm parameters and the correlation coefficient, R2 for the adsorption of MB dye onto claytone and clay D2000

From: Fashionable epoxy/clay nanocomposites using modified clay-loaded methyl blue dye

Model

Parameters

Temperature/K

298

308

318

Claytone

CayD2000

Claytone

ClayD2000

Claytone

ClayD2000

Langmuir

qmax (mg g−1)

2.749

2.555

5.125

3.726

5.523

5.555

KL (L mg−1)

1.488

1.726

2.624

0.647

3.913

0.399

R2

0.987

0.997

0.918

0.981

0.959

0.911

Freundlich

n

2.762

3.344

1.6181

1.789

1.555

1.112

KF (mg g−1)

1.535

0.412

5.317

1.430

6.079

1.446

R2

0.829

0.868

0.959

0.872

0.981

0.970

D-R

qm (mg g−1)

2.405

2.228

3.770

2.575

3.976

2.913

KD-R × 103 (mol2 k J−2)

− 0.1110

− 0.1736

− 0.0337

− 0.0921

− 0.0274

− 0.0642

E (kJ/mol)

2.123

1.697

3.854

2.329

4.274

2.791

R2

0.9518

0.9598

0.9446

0.9823

0.9814

0.9575