Comparative Study On Hydration Properties Of Ammonium Sulphate With Potassium Nitrate And Ammonium Sulphate With Sodium Nitrate Solutions At 303k

  Renuka Devi K,,  Rathika S,  Geetha S

Human cultivate plants mainly for food either for themselves or for livestock. The soil fertility status is gradually decreased due to continuous growing of crops. To keep the soil productive, it is essential to apply macro and micronutrients through integrated approach. Plants take up nutrients continuously. It is beneficial to provide them balanced nutrients throughout their growth. Nitrogen increases vegetative growth and produces good quality foliage by promoting the carbohydrate synthesis and encouraging succulence. The comparative study on hydration properties has been made to elucidate the interionic interactions of ammonium sulphate with potassium nitrate solution (AS+PN) and ammonium sulphate with sodium nitrate (AS+SN). The concentration of ammonium sulphate is fixed as 0.3 mole for both the systems. The ultrasonic velocity, density, and viscosity of nitrogenous fertilizer solutions were experimentally measured at different molalities at 303K. From the measured experimental datas, hydration parameters such as molal hydration number (nh’), apparent molal compressibility (k), apparent molal volume (v), molar solvated volume (s), limiting apparent molal compressibility (ko), limiting apparent molal volume (vo), their constants (Sk and Sv) and viscosity B-coefficient were calculated. From the hydration parameters, it was noticed that more molecular association is takes place in ammonium sulphate with potassium nitrate solution than ammonium sulphate with sodium nitrate solution. While comparing AS+PN and AS+SN mixed fertilizer systems, the results revealed that the strong molecular association takes place in AS+PN fertilizer than AS+SN solution.

Keywords- Hydration number, apparent molal compressibility, apparent molal volume, molar solvated volume, viscosity B coefficient.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1801095
Page Number(s) - 550-554
Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 1 | March 2018
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Renuka Devi K,,  Rathika S,  Geetha S,   "Comparative Study On Hydration Properties Of Ammonium Sulphate With Potassium Nitrate And Ammonium Sulphate With Sodium Nitrate Solutions At 303k", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 1, pp.550-554, March 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1801095.pdf