polyacrylamide review: soil conditioning and environmental fate

polyacrylamide review: soil conditioning and environmental fate
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  • Does polyacrylamide control erosion?
  • A review of the literature was conducted to bring to the forefront knowledge of polyacrylamide, its effectiveness in controlling erosion and its environmental fate. Polyacrylamide is a water‐soluble, high molecular weight synthetic organic polymer that primarily interacts with the clay fraction of soils.
  • Is polyacrylamide a good soil conditioner?
  • However, as these solutions are proposed, numerous doubts and opposing opinions are emerging. Polyacrylamide (PAM), also known as “soil conditioner”, “soil amendment” and “soil stabilizer” in soil science ( Gilda Dell'Ambrogio and Wong, 2019 ), is commonly used to modify the unfavorable and damaged characteristics of soil.
  • How does polyacrylamide affect crop growth?
  • It is effective in stabilizing soil aggregates, reducing soil erosion, and increasing water infiltration, and also has an indirect significant impact upon crop growth and yield. For the most part, polyacrylamide is resistant to microbial attack, and its degradation is mainly through physical breakdown.
  • Can polyacrylamide be bioremediated?
  • Although polyacrylamide (PAM) and its derivatives have many useful applications, their release in nature can have impacts on the environment and human health, thus bioremediation approaches for residual PAM are urgently needed.