Enhancement of nitrogen release properties of urea–kaolinite fertilizer with chitosan binder

• Main Authors: Roshanravan, Bita, Soltani, Shahram Mahmoud, Abdul Rashid, Suraya, Mahdavi, Fariba, Yusop, Mohd Khanif
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55500/1/Enhancement%20of%20nitrogen%20release%20properties%20of%20urea-kaolinite%20fertilizer%20with%20chitosan%20binder.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55500/

The use of controlled release fertilizer (CRF) has become a new trend to minimize environmental pollution. In this study, urea–kaolinite containing 20 wt% urea after one hour dry grinding was mixed with different concentrations of chitosan as a binder to prepare nitrogen-based CRF. Fourier transform...