Knowing about Super Absorbent Polymer in Agriculture

Super Absorbent Polymers, also called SAP, hydrogel, absorbent polymers, absorbent dyes, water preserving agent, super slurpers, water gel, is a new sort of macro molecular synthetic water absorbent plastic material. It's a water uptake capacity as large as 100,000percent of its weight in a brief time period by form and osmosis granules in soil to boost soil properties. SAPs are usually white sugar-like hygroscopic substances that swell in water to produce a crystal clear gel made from different individual particles and may maintain moisture even under stress without danger of conflagration or rupturing/blasting.

Super Absorbent Polymers used in agriculture are largely prepared from oil acids along with a cross-linking broker like potassium by suspension or solution polymerization. The polymer formed is known as a polyacrylate whose swelling gel and capacity modulus depends heavily on the number and kind of cross-linker used. Polyacrylates are nontoxic, non-irritating and non-corrosive in character and analyzed to be biodegradable using a reduction rate of 10%-15% each year. They exhibit high water absorbance possible and may openly release 95 percent of the same beneath suction stress by plant roots.

Program and Advantages

The three most frequent soil conditions that hinder plant growth and crop yield are reduced water retention capacity, higher evapo-transpiration speed and soil contamination leaching. Aside from these, variables such as abrupt drought conditions, degradation and salination, overuse of artificial pesticides and fertilizers and improper irrigation methods seriously impact plants and soil, frequently causing irreversible damage to soil biota also.

Desirable features for programs in agriculture:

• High absorption capacity in hard water conditions
• Pptimized absorbency under load (AUL)
• Lowest soluble content and remaining monomer
• Low cost
• High stability and durability at the swelling surroundings and throughout storage
• Gradual biodegradability without creation of poisonous species
• PH?neutrality after swelling water
• Photostability

  Rewetting capacity

Hydrogel farming technologies, as it's popularly called, has the following benefits:

1. Interrupts soil quality, keeps water and resists drought stress
2. Increases seed sprouting and seedling growth Resulting in better farm success
3. In the ecological elements, it's non-polluting and biodegradable, aids in reducing irrigation water and frequency intake and makes a simple cyclic procedure to offer water right to roots and protect against soil compaction.
4. In agriculture and agroforestry, SAPs behave as miniature water reservoirs in plant roots. They consume natural and provided water 400-500 times their own weight and release it gradually due to origin capillary suction system thus preventing water reduction in soil from leaching and evaporation.
5. SAPs form a constant iterative procedure of absorption and discharge of water; the water released can offer optimum moisture for fast germination and seedling maturation. Therefore it reduces seedling mortality by many folds from nurseries.

Qingdao SOCO New Materials Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specializing in R&D, production and sales of super absorbent polymer(SAP) product. There are 3 main product series: Agricultural SOCO® Polymer, Industrial Grade Polymer and SAP related products.

Our Agricultural SOCO® Polymer is specially designed for Agriculture and Forestry. And has the characteristics of fast liquid absorption, high gel strength and strong water absorption capacity. It has a professioanl workshop and mechanized production equipment with an annual output of 82,000 tons

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