Research Article

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

Table 4

Generalized multifractal dimension for SAP hydrogel microtopography at different swelling times.

Atrazine/mg·L−1Swelling/min
135790−1−3−5−7−9

010Dq 1.9191.9021.8981.8971.8981.9532.0472.2232.3112.3562.383
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.98**0.90**0.87**0.85**0.84**
40Dq 1.9871.9811.9811.9811.9822.0082.1032.3142.4132.4632.494
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.98**0.93**0.91**0.90**0.89**
70Dq 1.9931.9841.9831.9831.9832.0132.1042.3372.4462.5032.536
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.94**0.92**0.91**0.90**
100Dq 2.0592.0552.0532.0522.0522.0682.1162.3662.5002.5692.609
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.97**0.95**0.94**0.94**
150Dq 2.0782.0712.0682.0672.0672.0892.1372.3992.5412.6142.657
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.95**0.92**0.91**0.91**

210Dq 1.8061.8001.8031.8051.8081.8381.9272.0632.1252.1572.176
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.95**0.83*0.79*0.77*0.76*
40Dq 1.8211.8141.8161.8191.8211.8531.9492.1022.1702.2032.223
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.96**0.86**0.83*0.82*0.81*
70Dq 1.9411.9341.9331.9321.9321.9622.0402.2192.3012.3432.369
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.97**0.90**0.88**0.87**0.86**
100Dq 2.0062.0012.0022.0032.0042.0232.0962.2822.3802.4302.460
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.98**0.90**0.87**0.85**0.84**
150Dq 2.0082.0052.0042.0052.0052.0232.1062.3292.4332.4862.518
0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.99**0.93**0.92**0.91**0.90**

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level “**” and 0.05 level “*” (two-tailed).