Abstract: The global temperature has risen continuously over the past century, causing climate change all over the world and resulting in more and more extreme weather conditions. Many places have seen changes in rainfall, resulting in more floods, droughts, or intense rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves. The later oppose a severe thread to society by worsening the effect of urban heat island as well as leading to droughts, jeopardizing food production and security. Several measures to counteract the challenges imposed by climate change have be introduced. Most of which involving the planting of horticultural and even food crops in cities, e.g. vertically or on rooftops, in order to ease urban heat, by evaporation. Thus increasing the demand for water retentive, lightweight, and permanent material as soil additive and construction material. PolyHIPEs, porous emulsion-templated polymers, synthesized within high internal phase emulsions, have been used successfully used to reduce the water stress on crops, by incorporating them into the soil as an internal water storage medium. This study examines the relationship between void size and level of interconnectivity of Poly(S/DVB)HIPEs on water adsorption and holding capacities, and it suggests that there is a direct relationship between void size and water adsorption and holding capacities.
Keywords: high internal phase emulsion polymerization, PolyHIPEs, water adsorption capacity, water holding capacity, void size, agricultural applications.
Title: The Effect of Void Size and Level of Interconnectivity of Poly (S/DVB) HIPEs on Water Adsorption and Holding Capacities
Author: Fabia Feuerabendt, Supakorn Jindacharin, Pornsri Pakeyangkoon, Manit Nithitanakul
International Journal of Engineering Research and Reviews
ISSN 2348-697X (Online)
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