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Table 3 Nitrates removal kinetics

From: Nutrient Removal Mechanisms of Algal-Bacteria Consortia in Secondarily Treated Wastewater

Parameter	Culture
	L24/A24			L12/A24			L12/A12			L12/A12/f
	Period
	0–12	12–24	0–24	0–12	12–24	0–24	0–12	12–24	0–24	0–12	12–24
C₀	6.6	1.9	6.6	6.7	1.9	6.7	6.7	1.9	6.7	6.7	1.9
	Zero-order
k₀(mg L^− 1h^− 1)	0.387	0.182	0.284	0.393	0.129	0.277	0.393	0.116	0.269	0.409	0.173
R²	0.990	0.925	0.931	0.996	0.943	0.927	0.996	0.959	0.918	0.993	0.997
	First-order
k₁(h^− 1)	0.135	0.214	0.163	0.102	0.158	0.135	0.102	0.117	0.115	0.106	0.028
R²	0.91	0.9996	0.952	0.945	1	0.976	0.948	0.9997	0.987	0.933	0.999

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