“…Values of intercept C i give an idea of the thickness of the boundary layer; i.e., the larger the intercept, the greater the boundary layer effect [46]. If intraparticle diffusion is involved in the adsorption process, then the plot of q t versus t 1/2 will be linear; and if these lines pass through the origin, then the rate-limiting process is due only to the intraparticle diffusion [47]. In this model, it is assumed that the mechanism for a solid-liquid adsorption process involves the following four steps: (i) the migration of solute from the bulk solution to the adsorbent's surface via bulk diffusion, (ii) the transport of solute molecules or ions from the boundary layer toward the external surface of the adsorbent through film diffusion, (iii) solute transfer from the exterior surface of the adsorbent to the interior pores of the particle through a pore diffusion or intraparticle diffusion mechanism, and (iv) adsorption of the adsorbate molecules or ions onto the interior surface of the adsorbent by chemical reaction via ion exchange, complexation, and/or chelation.…”