Abstract:
:Coating fertilizer particles with thin films is a possibility to control fertilizer release rates. It is observed that novel urea cross-linked starch-lignin composite thin films, prepared by solution casting, swell on coming into contact with water due to the increase in volume by water uptake by diffusion. The effect of lignin content, varied from 0% to 20% in steps of 5% at three different temperatures (25°C, 35°C and 45°C), on swelling of the film was investigated. By gravimetric analysis, the equilibrium water uptake and diffusion coefficient decrease with lignin content, indicating that the addition of lignin increases the hydrophobicity of the films. When temperature increases, the diffusion coefficient and the amount of water absorbed tend to increase. Assuming that swelling of the thin film is by water uptake by diffusion, the diffusion coefficient is estimated. The estimated diffusion coefficient decreases from 4.3 to 2.1 × 10-7 cm2/s at 25°C, from 5.3 to 2.9 × 10-7 cm2/s at 35°C and from 6.2 to 3.8 × 10-7 cm2/s at 45°C depending on the lignin content. Activation energy for the increase in diffusion coefficient with temperature is observed to be 16.55 kJ/mol. An empirical model of water uptake as a function of percentage of lignin and temperature was also developed based on Fick's law.
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Environ Technoljournal_title
Environmental technologyauthors
Sarwono A,Man Z,Bustam MA,Subbarao D,Idris A,Muhammad N,Khan AS,Ullah Zdoi
10.1080/09593330.2017.1332108subject
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2018-06-01 00:00:00pages
1522-1532issue
12eissn
0959-3330issn
1479-487Xjournal_volume
39pub_type
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