Production of activated carbon from walnut shell by chemical activation method.
The optimum values of adsorbent and pH were obtained 0.6 g/L and 6.5, respectively.
Excellent fitting of the experimental data with the Freundlich and Toth models.
The maximum adsorption capacity based on the Langmuir model as 233.1 mg/g.
The endothermic nature of cephalexin adsorption on walnut shell activated carbon.