Potential of epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) as hydrophobicity contributor in chitosan-urea fertilizer

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Noraiham, Abdul Hamid, Nor Nadiah, Abdul Aziz, Nor Abidah, Abd Razak, Jeefferie, Azlan, Umar Al-Amani, Dimin @ Mohd Amin, Mohd Fairuz, Shaaban, Azizah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2014
• Subjects: TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14479/1/AMM.761.536.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14479/; https://www.scientific.net/AMM.761.536; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.761.536

Abstract. This study is to investigate the potential of ENR to be incorporated with chitosan for slow release urea fertilizer. In this research, mixture of chitosan and epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) was used as binder to take advantage of their biodegradable and polar characteristics, respectively...