I have carried out the column study for the uptake of Pb using a biosorbent. My plot looks like this so far... How can I explain the following:
1) Can a breakthrough curve start from 1?
2) Doesn't look like the Ct/Ci will be zero, so is the trend shown by my biosorbent acceptable?
I have attached the graph along with the query.
PS this was observed until 30h. Kindly help me in understanding this. Any suggestions that would help me is appreciated.