Agriculture/3.Soil control agriochemical

PhD doctorant Akhauova G.K.,  professor Asanov A.A.

Taraz state university, Kazakhstan

 

Structure formation of soil in the presence of copolymerization products of maleinic acid and acryl amide with nitrogen containing base

 

            Structure formation activity of carboxide-, amide containing water soluble polymers (WSP), obtained under different conditions, have been studied. The dependence of structure formation properties of WSP upon conformation of macromolecules, that altered with the quantity of organic base, coordinated to carboxide functional groups as a counterion or neutral molecule in free state, has been shown.

 

         In most cases the intensive exploitation of soil by application of agrochemical and reclamation methods in order to obtain high crop leads to the degradation of natural structure of soil [1]. The necessity of regeneration of soil structure is actual, because its fertility depends not only on chemical  composition, but mechanical structure as well [2]. At present time high molecule WSP, obtained by polymer analogous transformation of natural or synthetic polymers [3], or by polymerization and copolymerization of monomers with hydrophilic ionized or not ionized functional groups [4] are recommended for regulation of soil structure. Structure formation activity of WSP depends not only on the nature and proportion of functional groups, but mainly on the nature of counter ions and attendant electrolytes, coordinated to the functional groups and influencing the conformation state of macromolecules.

         In the present paper the structure formation of soils of the South region of Kazakhstan by the application of copolymerization product of maleinic acid  (MA) and acryl amide (AA), taken in optimal molar proportion (1.0:4.0 moles), with nitrogen containing base as a counter ion  and attendant electrolytes is discussed. The sample, synthesized by copolymerization of MA and AA in water media with the initial pH value, was marked as MAAA-3-H. MAAA-3-DMA sample has been obtained by neutralization of MAAA-3-H to pH value 8.0-8.5 with dimethylamine (DMA), and MAAA-3-DMA+5%DMA by the addition of 5% excess of DMA. The sample marked as MAA-3-H, synthesized by copolymerization of MA, neutralized to pH value 8.0-8.5 with DMA, with acryl amide, has been studied as well. For characterization of these samples the determination of viscosity (η), electrical conductivity (χ) has been carried out, as well as the calculation of molecule transformation effect (MTE) and effectiveness of electrical conductivity (EEC) according to [5]. The structure formation activity has been studied via alteration of quantity of water stable aggregates (WSA) in unstructured soil in the presence of WSP, synthesized under different conditions. The results obtained (picture 1a, 1b) demonstrate proportional alteration of WSA quantity, specific electrical conductivity (χs) and viscosity (ηs) values when the concentration of WSP solution increases.

On the contrary the reduced electrical conductivity (χr) and viscosity (ηr) values decreased as the concentration of WSP solutions increased. It is related to the macromolecule transformation effect, characterizing the conformation state of the macromolecule, which  raised due to the alteration of EEC (picture 2a). The objective laws stated helps to understand the reason of alteration of structure formation effect (SFE) calculated in accordance with the equation [5], including the concentration values of WSP solutions.

All WSP samples studied demonstrate the growth of structure activity effect  with the decrease of concentration and  in the presence of organic bases in free state (picture 2b). This is related to the enforcement of ionization of functional groups when solution is diluted and the macromolecule acquires less folded structure. Incidentally the chain length is growing and the quantity of free active functional groups as well, that leads to the enforcement of interaction with the soil surface and formation of strong relations and bridges between small soil particles.

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Picture 1. Alteration of physics-chemical characteristics and structure formation activity,    depending on the concentration of WSP

 

 

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Picture 2. Alteration of EES (a), ηr (c) and structure formation activity (b) of  

                     WSP samples, depending on the concentration of WSP

 

                   The influence of increase of quantity of active functional groups, macro chain length, presence of organic bases as counter ions or in free state is perfectly obvious when  χs, ηs and the quantity of WSA of 0.1g/dl solutions are compared (picture 2b). At the same time the positive influence of free organic bases on the structure formation activity of WSP is related to the synergetic effect [6], intensifying the structure formation process.

         Based on the comparative analysis of physics-chemical properties of solutions and structure formation activity of WSP obtained in different conditions, the dependence of structure formation of soils in the presence of WSP on the conformation of the macromolecules, which altered  with the quantity of organic base, coordinated to the functional groups as a counter ion or in free state, have been stated.

 

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