Research Article

Biosorption and Diffusion Modeling of Pb(II) by Malt Bagasse

Table 1

Design matrix and experimental results for the central composite factorial design.

RunCoded variableReal variableDependent variable
Initial pHAgitation speed (rpm)Lead removal (%)

102.0100.0 7.9
2−1+12.4170.7 26.8
3−1−12.429,3 30.1
403.3200.0 73.4
5003.3100.0 73.4
6003.3100.0 73.8
7003.3100.0 75.6
803.30.0 54.7
9+1+14.1170.7 89.3
10+1−14.129.3 72.9
1104.5100.0 91.2