The Applications of Biodegradable Polymers on Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

DOI

10.2991/aeece-16.2016.31How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Hydroseeding, PAM, Aggregates stability, Seeds germination.

Abstract

Polyacrylamide (PAM), a biodegradable polymer, has been used in irrigating ditch to reduce soil loss for a long time. It can also be used as an aggregate agent to keep the balance of soil and water. The performance of PAM as a soil aggregate agent of silty clay loams was conducted by the wet-sieving method in this study. The effects of PAM on the germinations and growths of Bermuda and Bahia were observed by irrigating seeds of the grasses with various concentrations of PAM solutions. The experiments were conducted in a controlled box with constant temperature and humility. An out-door experiments was also tested to understand the germination rate of seeds and the development of roots of grasses in ambient condition.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chunku Lu
AU  - Lianghsing Chou
PY  - 2016/07
DA  - 2016/07
TI  - The Applications of Biodegradable Polymers on Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering (AEECE 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 142
EP  - 145
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aeece-16.2016.31
DO  - 10.2991/aeece-16.2016.31
ID  - Lu2016/07
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