Superabsorbents and semiarid soil properties affecting water absorption

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2305-2313

  Yu, J ^a   Shainberg, I ^b   Yan, Y L ^c   Shi, J G ^a   Levy, G J ^b   Mamedov, A I ^d  

^a Institute of Water Resources   (China)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CLAY CONTENT; CROSS-LINKED POLYACRYLAMIDES; DOMINANT FACTOR; INITIAL STAGES; LARGE-GRAIN; MAXIMUM VALUES; SAND AND SOIL; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PROPERTY; STEADY-STATE VALUES; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; SUPERABSORBENT PROPERTIES; SUPERABSORBENTS; TAP WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

MIXTURES; POLYMERS; POSITIVE IONS; SAND; SOILS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORBANCE; ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CLAY; ION EXCHANGE; POLYMER; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 83055173825     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0397     Document Type: Article

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