Aggregate stability as affected by polyacrylamide molecular weight, soil texture, and water quality

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1909-1918

  Mamedov, A I ^a,b   Beckmann, S ^c   Huang, C ^a   Levy, G J ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; GYPSUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEGATIVE IONS; POLYACRYLATES;

AGGREGATE SIZE; SOLUTION IONIC STRENGTH;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ELECTROLYTES; GYPSUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEGATIVE IONS; POLYACRYLATES; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; PENETRATION; POLYMER; SMECTITE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 36448939824     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0096     Document Type: Article

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