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Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design

Granular fertilizers (especially those based on ammonium nitrate (AN)) tend to agglomerate during storage. The aims of this research were to develop effective anti-caking coatings for ammonium nitrate fertilizers while improving the quality of fertilizers and to optimize the composition of effective...

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Autores principales: Tyc, Aleksandra, Nieweś, Dominik, Pankalla, Ewa, Huculak-Mączka, Marta, Hoffmann, Krystyna, Hoffmann, Józef
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8510308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34640158
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14195761
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author Tyc, Aleksandra
Nieweś, Dominik
Pankalla, Ewa
Huculak-Mączka, Marta
Hoffmann, Krystyna
Hoffmann, Józef
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Nieweś, Dominik
Pankalla, Ewa
Huculak-Mączka, Marta
Hoffmann, Krystyna
Hoffmann, Józef
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description Granular fertilizers (especially those based on ammonium nitrate (AN)) tend to agglomerate during storage. The aims of this research were to develop effective anti-caking coatings for ammonium nitrate fertilizers while improving the quality of fertilizers and to optimize the composition of effective anti-caking coatings. The influence of the composition of the prepared organic coatings on the effectiveness of preventing the caking of fertilizers was studied by response surface methodology (RSM) using Box–Behnken design (BBD). Additionally, the effect of the developed anti-caking agents on the quality of fertilizers was determined by measuring the crushing strength of the granules. The prepared coatings included fatty amine, stearic acid, surfactant, and paraffin wax. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) was used to analyze these coatings. The morphology of the fertilizers were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Composition studies, based on statistical assessment, showed the coating components had a varying influence on preventing the caking of fertilizers after granulation and after 30 days of storage. The results demonstrated that increasing the content of fatty amines and reducing surfactant in the composition of coating had positive effects on caking prevention. In this study, more effective and economically viable anti-caking coatings were developed. In addition, the present work could serve as a basis to further improve anti-caking coatings.
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spelling pubmed-85103082021-10-13 Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design Tyc, Aleksandra Nieweś, Dominik Pankalla, Ewa Huculak-Mączka, Marta Hoffmann, Krystyna Hoffmann, Józef Materials (Basel) Article Granular fertilizers (especially those based on ammonium nitrate (AN)) tend to agglomerate during storage. The aims of this research were to develop effective anti-caking coatings for ammonium nitrate fertilizers while improving the quality of fertilizers and to optimize the composition of effective anti-caking coatings. The influence of the composition of the prepared organic coatings on the effectiveness of preventing the caking of fertilizers was studied by response surface methodology (RSM) using Box–Behnken design (BBD). Additionally, the effect of the developed anti-caking agents on the quality of fertilizers was determined by measuring the crushing strength of the granules. The prepared coatings included fatty amine, stearic acid, surfactant, and paraffin wax. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) was used to analyze these coatings. The morphology of the fertilizers were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Composition studies, based on statistical assessment, showed the coating components had a varying influence on preventing the caking of fertilizers after granulation and after 30 days of storage. The results demonstrated that increasing the content of fatty amines and reducing surfactant in the composition of coating had positive effects on caking prevention. In this study, more effective and economically viable anti-caking coatings were developed. In addition, the present work could serve as a basis to further improve anti-caking coatings. MDPI 2021-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8510308/ /pubmed/34640158 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14195761 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tyc, Aleksandra
Nieweś, Dominik
Pankalla, Ewa
Huculak-Mączka, Marta
Hoffmann, Krystyna
Hoffmann, Józef
Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design
title Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design
title_full Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design
title_fullStr Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design
title_full_unstemmed Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design
title_short Anti-Caking Coatings for Improving the Useful Properties of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers with Composition Modeling Using Box–Behnken Design
title_sort anti-caking coatings for improving the useful properties of ammonium nitrate fertilizers with composition modeling using box–behnken design
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8510308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34640158
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14195761
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