Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites

For slow release fertilizer application, oil palm empty fruit bunch-grafted-poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) [OPEFB-g-P(AA-co-AAm)] hydrogel composites were synthesized via two techniques; Two Steps (T1) and in-situ (T2). Scanning electron microscopy of hydrogel composite T1 has higher surface area...

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Main Authors: Rabat, Nurul Ekmi, Hashim, Shahrir, Abd. Majid, Rohah
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Published: 2014
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Hashim, Shahrir
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description For slow release fertilizer application, oil palm empty fruit bunch-grafted-poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) [OPEFB-g-P(AA-co-AAm)] hydrogel composites were synthesized via two techniques; Two Steps (T1) and in-situ (T2). Scanning electron microscopy of hydrogel composite T1 has higher surface area and holes while hydrogel T2 displays smoother and tighter surface. Water absorbency capacity of hydrogel T1 is 42.90 gram/gram (g/g) and hydrogel T2 is 39.96 g/g. WAC of hydrogel T2 has much better re-swelling ability compared to T1 after it went through five cycles of drying-swelling-drying process. Hence, T2 has produced a hydrogel composite that is reusable with great morphology properties.
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spelling utm.eprints-671682017-06-18T07:05:42Z http://eprints.utm.my/67168/ Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites Rabat, Nurul Ekmi Hashim, Shahrir Abd. Majid, Rohah TP Chemical technology For slow release fertilizer application, oil palm empty fruit bunch-grafted-poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) [OPEFB-g-P(AA-co-AAm)] hydrogel composites were synthesized via two techniques; Two Steps (T1) and in-situ (T2). Scanning electron microscopy of hydrogel composite T1 has higher surface area and holes while hydrogel T2 displays smoother and tighter surface. Water absorbency capacity of hydrogel T1 is 42.90 gram/gram (g/g) and hydrogel T2 is 39.96 g/g. WAC of hydrogel T2 has much better re-swelling ability compared to T1 after it went through five cycles of drying-swelling-drying process. Hence, T2 has produced a hydrogel composite that is reusable with great morphology properties. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Rabat, Nurul Ekmi and Hashim, Shahrir and Abd. Majid, Rohah (2014) Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites. In: 5th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology, ICMST 2014, 7-8 Jun, 2014, Sarawak, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.980.18
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Hashim, Shahrir
Abd. Majid, Rohah
Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites
title Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites
title_full Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites
title_fullStr Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites
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title_short Water absorbency properties of OPEFB filled hydrogels composites
title_sort water absorbency properties of opefb filled hydrogels composites
topic TP Chemical technology
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