Initial naphthalene concentration
(mg/l)
R
L
values
Particle sizes (mm)
0.125 0.178 0.422
10
0.8744
0.8905
0.9020
20
0.6989
0.7770
0.8072
30
0.5372
0.6698
0.7189
40
0.4105
0.5750
0.6390
50
0.3171
0.4933
0.5682
Table 4:
Langmuir isotherm with separation factor (R
L
) for simultaneous adsorption-biodegradation at different particle size.