{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(1)"],"submitter":["Ma Z"],"pubmed_abstract":["Excess nitrogen (N) fertilizer applied to crops, which discharges to the environment, principally through denitrification, runoff, leaching, and volatilization, results in a waste of resources and pollution. Here, a high-performance loss control urea (LCU) was prepared by adding a loss control agent (LCA) with high thermal stability, large specific surface area, and good water retention capacity complex (6%) to traditional urea (94%). The existence of hydrogen bonds between LCA and N source for LCU in the presence of water enhanced N source adsorption capacity, where adsorption between LCA and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N was strongest, for urea and NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N was weakest. In a laboratory experiment, cumulative losses of NH<sub>3</sub> volatilization from soils treated with N application rates of 80, 160 and 240 kg N ha<sup>-1</sup> were 14.8, 18.1, and 24.2% for urea, respectively, and 10.1, 12.7, and 17.5% for LCU. Simulated rapid and long-term leaching experiments showed that, compared with urea, LCU reduced N leaching loss within 30 d, and delayed long-term N leaching loss. Hydrogen bonds in LCU effectively controlled NH<sub>3</sub> volatilization and N leaching loss. This type of LCU may optimize supply of N in soils and increase adsorption and utilization of N in crops."],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["15140"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6805906"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Mitigation of ammonia volatilization and nitrate leaching via loss control urea triggered H-bond forces."],"pmcid":["PMC6805906"],"pubmed_authors":["Li Y","Feng M","Wang S","Ma X","Ma Z","Yue Y","Zhao X"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mitigation of ammonia volatilization and nitrate leaching via loss control urea triggered H-bond forces.","description":"Excess nitrogen (N) fertilizer applied to crops, which discharges to the environment, principally through denitrification, runoff, leaching, and volatilization, results in a waste of resources and pollution. Here, a high-performance loss control urea (LCU) was prepared by adding a loss control agent (LCA) with high thermal stability, large specific surface area, and good water retention capacity complex (6%) to traditional urea (94%). The existence of hydrogen bonds between LCA and N source for LCU in the presence of water enhanced N source adsorption capacity, where adsorption between LCA and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N was strongest, for urea and NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N was weakest. In a laboratory experiment, cumulative losses of NH<sub>3</sub> volatilization from soils treated with N application rates of 80, 160 and 240 kg N ha<sup>-1</sup> were 14.8, 18.1, and 24.2% for urea, respectively, and 10.1, 12.7, and 17.5% for LCU. Simulated rapid and long-term leaching experiments showed that, compared with urea, LCU reduced N leaching loss within 30 d, and delayed long-term N leaching loss. Hydrogen bonds in LCU effectively controlled NH<sub>3</sub> volatilization and N leaching loss. This type of LCU may optimize supply of N in soils and increase adsorption and utilization of N in crops.","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Oct","modification":"2026-05-07T03:48:54.472Z","creation":"2019-11-05T08:10:00Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6805906","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31641178"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-019-51566-2"]}}