%0 Journal Article %T Equilibrium and kinetic studies of cadmium(II) and lead(II) ions biosorption onto Ficus carcia leaves %A Ahlam M Farhan %A Ammar H Al-Dujaili and Akl M Awwad %J International Journal of Industrial Chemistry %D 2013 %I %R 10.1186/2228-5547-4-24 %X Langmuir isotherm model provided a better fit with the experimental data than Freundlich model by high correlation coefficients R2. Kinetic studies showed that pseudo-second-order described the biosorption experimental data better than the pseudo-first-order kinetic model. %U http://www.industchem.com/content/4/1/24/abstract