{"title":"Enhancing soil health with increasing the nitrogen content of zeolite-based fertilizers for agricultural applications.","authors":"Melike Oguz, Hakan Arslan","doi":"10.1080/09603123.2025.2465856","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Zeolite-based-fertilizers can be obtained by adsorbing plant nutrients to their porous structure. In this research, the natural zeolite (0-200 μm) from Gordes/Türkiye was combined with NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub> in a 1:4 solid ratio and processed at 200 °C for 2-24 hours and characterized with diffrent techniques. The optimal synthesis time was 8 hours, yielding a fertilizer with 5.06% nitrogen content. The zeolite-based-fertilizer exhibited a clinoptilolite structure similar to the raw zeolite but demonstrated a greater percentage of mass loss in the DTA/TGA analyses and distinct nitrate peaks in the FTIR spectra, attributable to ammonium nitrate adsorption. The BET results showed a decrease in the BET surface area after the adsorption of NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub> onto natural zeolite, with measured values of 34.56 m²/g for natural zeolite and 19.24 m²/g for zeolite-based-fertilizer. The results indicate successful synthesis of a zeolite-based nitrogen fertilizer with potential compatibility with Green Deal goals. .</p>","PeriodicalId":14039,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Health Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Environmental Health Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2025.2465856","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Zeolite-based-fertilizers can be obtained by adsorbing plant nutrients to their porous structure. In this research, the natural zeolite (0-200 μm) from Gordes/Türkiye was combined with NH4NO3 in a 1:4 solid ratio and processed at 200 °C for 2-24 hours and characterized with diffrent techniques. The optimal synthesis time was 8 hours, yielding a fertilizer with 5.06% nitrogen content. The zeolite-based-fertilizer exhibited a clinoptilolite structure similar to the raw zeolite but demonstrated a greater percentage of mass loss in the DTA/TGA analyses and distinct nitrate peaks in the FTIR spectra, attributable to ammonium nitrate adsorption. The BET results showed a decrease in the BET surface area after the adsorption of NH4NO3 onto natural zeolite, with measured values of 34.56 m²/g for natural zeolite and 19.24 m²/g for zeolite-based-fertilizer. The results indicate successful synthesis of a zeolite-based nitrogen fertilizer with potential compatibility with Green Deal goals. .
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