Substrate Pseudo- first order kinettics Pseudo-second order kinetics Interparticle diffusion
  KL
[min-1]
R2 k2
[g/mg.min]
qe [mg/g] R2 Kid
(mg/gmin1/2)
C R2
Cd2+
ZCRs 40 0.030 0.964 0.081 129.87 0.996 5.069 63.414 0.844
Cu2+
ZCR40 0.028 0.904 0.203 86.207 0.928 5.964 22.128 0.928
Cd2+(Cd2++Cu2)
ZCR40 0.021 0.946 0.5156 27.701 0.988 1.717 7.702 0.848
Cu2+(Cd2++Cu2)
ZCR40 0.015 0.907 0.309 81.967 0.983 2.155 9.502 0.906
Cd2+(Cd2++Cu2++Ni2+)
ZCR40 - 0.229 0.214 36.364 0.892 - - 0.225
Cu2+(Cd2++Cu2++Ni2+)
ZCR40 0.012 0.853 0.194 86.957 0.981 3.232 38.904 0.829
Ni2+(Cd2++Cu2++Ni2+)
ZCR40 - 0.525 0.019 13.316 0.862 - - 0.192
Table 6: Kinetic parameters of heavy metals adsorption.