Porosity change model for watered super absorbent polymer-treated soil

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1197-1205

  Han, Yu Guo ^a,b   Yang, Pei Ling ^a   Luo, Yuan Pei ^c   Ren, Shu Mei ^a   Zhang, Li Xia ^d   Xu, Lei ^e  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d Beijing Lecome Intellectual Property Agency Co Ltd   (China)

^e China Irrigation and Drainage Development Center   (China)

Author keywords

Porosity change model; Soil porosity; Soil swelling ratio; Super absorbent polymers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; APPLICATION RATES; BULK DENSITY; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; GENERIC MODELS; HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY; PLANT GROWTH; POROSITY CHANGE MODEL; POROSITY CHANGES; SANDY LOAMS; SEMIARID AREA; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL PERMEABILITY; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL POROSITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SWELLING; SOIL SWELLING RATIO; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; SWELLING RATIO; TREATED SOILS; WATER SHORTAGES;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; POROSITY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ABSORBANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BULK DENSITY; DROUGHT; HORTICULTURE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POROSITY; SOIL WATER; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77956480028     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0443-4     Document Type: Article

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