Term

 

Estimate

Std Error

t Ratio

Prob>|t|

Intercept

 

58.34

3.51

16.60

<.0001*

Time (min)(0,120)

A

29.30

2.09

14.03

<.0001*

slurry (%)(5,15)

B

-7.45

2.09

-3.57

0.0044*

Molar Ratio(0.8,2)

C

3.10

2.09

1.49

0.1654

Stirring Rate (rpm)(100,500)

D

5.59

2.09

2.67

0.0217*

Time (min)*slurry (%)

AB

-4.80

2.22

-2.16

0.0533

Time (min)*Molar Ratio

AC

2.92

2.22

1.32

0.2143

slurry (%)*Molar Ratio

BC

-4.21

2.22

-1.90

0.0841

Time (min)*Stirring Rate (rpm)

AD

3.73

2.22

1.68

0.1205

slurry (%)*Stirring Rate (rpm)

BD

0.61

2.22

0.27

0.7888

Molar Ratio*Stirring Rate (rpm)

CD

-0.08

2.22

-0.04

0.9707

Time (min)*Time (min)

A2

-26.45

5.54

-4.78

0.0006*

Slurry (%)*slurry (%)

B2

1.65

5.54

0.30

0.7714

Molar Ratio*Molar Ratio

C2

-0.85

5.54

-0.15

0.8807

Stirring Rate (rpm)*Stirring Rate (rpm)

D2

3.15

5.54

0.57

0.5811

*significant
Table 5: Analysis of the response surface quadratic model obtained from experimental designs.Prob>|t| less than 0.05 indicate model terms that are significant, R2 = 0.961226, Adjusted R2 = 0.911878, t Ratio are equal to the coefficients/std errors.