The Use of Ionizing Radiation to Prepare Polymeric Agro-waste Composite for Sandy Soil Application | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Radiation Sciences and Applications | ||
| Article 10, Volume 28, Issue 1, December 2015, Pages 135-149 PDF (474.64 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejrsa.2015.1539 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| SUPERABSORBENT hydrogel composite (SHC) by radiation induced crosslinking of polyacrylamide (PAAM)/ rice straw (RS) composite and hydrophilic membrane system based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) for possible applications in agricultural field of sandy soil was studied. The factors affecting the quick and capacity for retaining irrigated water of swelling behaviour of prepared hydrogel composite through hydrophilic membrane system and increasing foaming/ porosity of the SHC were studied. The mechanism for this is most likely a prevention of irrigated water to pass through sandy particles for a time ranged from 20 to 40 min for the fluid uptake capacity and swelling of the SHC to take and swelling place without almost any loss of irrigated water. Effect of acid/ alkalinity (PH) and salt concentration were investigation. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Ionizing radiation; agro-waste; Hydrogel; sandy soil | ||
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