Improvement in the water retention characteristics of sandy loam soil using a newly synthesized poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid)/AlZnFe 2O 4 superabsorbent hydrogel nanocomposite material

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 9397-9412

  Shahid, Shaukat Ali ^a,b   Qidwai, Ansar Ahmad ^b   Anwar, Farooq ^c   Ullah, Inam ^a   Rashid, Umer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EDX; FESEM; FTIR; Poly(AAm co AA) AlZnFe 2O 4 superabsorbent hydrogel nanocomposite characterization; Seedling growth; Soil amendment

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; CHLORIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(ACRYLAMIDE-CO-ACRYLIC ACID); POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ACRYLAMIDE) COPOLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER; ZINC SULFATE;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; POROSITY; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WETTABILITY; WHEAT;

ABSORPTION; ACRYLAMIDES; AGRICULTURE; ALUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CHLORIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GERMINATION; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POROSITY; SEEDLING; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRITICUM; WATER; WETTABILITY; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84865475877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17089397     Document Type: Article

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