Effects of a novel poly (AA-co-AAm)/AlZnFe 2O 4/ potassium humate superabsorbent hydrogel nanocomposite on water retention of sandy loam soil and wheat seedling growth

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 12587-12602

  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; FTIR; Poly (AA co AAm)AlZnFe2O4 K H; Seedling growth; SEM; Soil amendment; Superabsorbent hydrogel nanocomposite characterization

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM; IRON; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXIDE; WATER; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; POROSITY; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEEDLING; SOIL; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT;

ABSORPTION; ACRYLAMIDES; AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GERMINATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; IRON; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDES; POROSITY; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRITICUM; WATER; ZINC;

EID: 84870199419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules171112587     Document Type: Article

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