Super Absorbent Polymers helps in the growth of Agricultural & Horticulture Applications
Super Absorbent Polymers Super Absorbent Polymers are polymeric materials with high water absorbency, able to absorb 400-800 times their weight in water. SAP is commonly utilised in personal and hygiene items like as adult diapers, infant diapers, and sanitary napkins. Super Absorbent Polymers are most commonly used in diaper manufacture, but they also have agricultural applications. When water-absorbing polymers are combined, they form hydrogels and absorb aqueous solutions through hydrogen bonding with water molecules. The capacity of a SAP to absorb water is determined by the ionic concentration of the aqueous solution. A SAP may absorb 300 times its weight (from 30 to 60 times its own volume) in deionized and distilled water and become up to 99.9 percent liquid, but in 0.9 percent saline solution, the absorbency declines to around 50 times its weight. [Citation required] The presence of valence cations in the solution makes it difficult for the polymer to interact with the ...