Coated NPK fertilizer based on citric acid-crosslinked chitosan/alginate encapsulant

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Mesias, Vince St. D., Agu, Anne Bernadette S., Benablo, Precious Japheth L., Chen, Chun Hu, Penaloza, David P.
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Animo Repository 2019
• الموضوعات: Fertilizers; Crosslinking (Polymerization); Chemistry
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3007
• المؤسسة: De La Salle University

A coated nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilizer was prepared via crosslinking chitosan and alginate using citric acid. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), particle size analysis, and zeta potential measurement showed the successful crosslinking...