Research Article

Removal of Zinc from Aqueous Solution by Optimized Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Biochar as Low Cost Adsorbent

Table 3

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for response surface quadratic model for yield.

Source of dataSum of squaresDegree of freedom (DF)Mean square-value value  
Prob >
Comment

Model125.62913.9646.44<0.0001Significant
77.90177.90259.18<0.0001
20.69120.6968.84<0.0001
5.1315.1317.050.0020
1.3011.304.310.0646
0.4310.431.440.2580
0.3910.391.290.2828
19.09119.0963.50<0.0001
0.8510.852.810.1244
0.03810.0380.130.7302
Residual3.01100.30
Lack of fit2.4650.494.510.0618Not significant
Pure error0.5550.11