Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 1 Optimized adsorption isotherm parameters of nickel and cadmium calculated for single-component system with algae Cystoseria indica at 25 °C

From: Simultaneous biosorption of nickel and cadmium by the brown algae Cystoseria indica characterized by isotherm and kinetic models

Isotherms	Parameters	Nickel	Cadmium
Langmuir	q_m (mg/g)	38.601	70.887
	K_L (L/mg)	0.111	0.287
	R²	0.980	0.90
Freundlich	K_f (mg/g) (L/mg)	17.142	21.302
	n	2.739	1.277
	R²	0.980	0.980

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