“…According to Table S2 (ESI†), the pseudo-second-order kinetic model had higher R 2 (0.996 for TA, and 0.998 for SY) compared to other models. 51 Moreover, there was a good agreement between calculated ( q e , calc ) (44.82 mg g −1 for TA, and 32.41 mg g −1 for SY) and experimental q e ( q e , exp ) (39.76 mg g −1 for TA, and 29.53 mg g −1 for SY) values indicating the applicability of the pseudo-second-order kinetic model for the removal of TA and SY by MWDS-B@ZIF-67. The k 2 value in the pseudo-second-order kinetic model for TA (0.008 min −1 ) was lower than that for SY (0.0144 min −1 ), which proves the higher affinity of TA towards the adsorbent compared to SY.…”