Research Article

Quantitative Fractal Evaluation of Herbicide Effects on the Water-Absorbing Capacity of Superabsorbent Polymers

Table 2

Water-absorbing mass (WAM) of SAP (0.3 g) in deionized water and atrazine solution at different swelling times.

Swelling time/minAtrazine mass concentration/mg·L−1
02.0
WAM/gSDWAM/gSD

1018.45 0.4615.16 0.30
4048.21 2.4637.00 1.82
7057.80 1.4148.83 1.45
10062.11 1.9955.63 0.45
15067.27 1.4360.79 1.11

SD means the standard deviation.