The effect of chitosan content to physical and degradation properties of biodegradable urea fertilizer

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Noraiham, Abdul Hamid, Nor Nadiah, Lum, Yip Hing, Dimin @ Mohd Amin, Mohd Fairuz, Mohd Abid, Mohd Asyadi 'Azam, Che Hassan, Mohd Haneesyah, Mustaq Ahmad, Mohd Khairul Shahril, Shaaban, Azizah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research 2013
• Subjects: TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11000/1/Vol2Issue509.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11000/; http://www.jsirjournal.com/Vol2Issue509.pdf

Chitosan has been widely used in many applications due to its biodegradability and non-toxicity. This article discusses the effect of different chitosan loadings on properties of urea fertilizer which prepared through direct wet mixing process. Absorption and soil degradation tests were performed to...