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Fediuk R, Ali M. Recyclable Materials for Ecofriendly Technology. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:7133. [PMID: 36295198 PMCID: PMC9607045 DOI: 10.3390/ma15207133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
This Special Issue (SI), "Recyclable Materials for Ecofriendly Technology", has been proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of environmentally friendly designed construction and building materials. For this purpose, dozens of articles were included or considered for inclusion in this SI, covering various aspects of the topic. A comparison of these articles with other modern articles on this topic is carried out, which proves the prospects and relevance of this SI. Furthermore, per the editorial board's journal suggestion, the second volume of this successful SI is being organized, in which authors from various countries and organizations are invited to publish their new and unpublished research work.
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Affiliation(s)
- Roman Fediuk
- Polytechnic Institute, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, Russia
- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
- Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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Lisowska A, Filipek-Mazur B, Komorowska M, Niemiec M, Bar-Michalczyk D, Kuboń M, Tabor S, Gródek-Szostak Z, Szeląg-Sikora A, Sikora J, Kocira S, Wasąg Z. Environmental and Production Aspects of Using Fertilizers Based on Waste Elemental Sulfur and Organic Materials. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15093387. [PMID: 35591722 PMCID: PMC9102313 DOI: 10.3390/ma15093387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Crop fertilization with sulfur is an important part of agricultural practices, as is the systematic increase in soil organic matter content. Materials of waste origin constitute a source of plant-available sulfur, as well as soil organic matter. The study was to verify the hypothesis assuming that combining waste sulfur pulp and its mixtures with organic materials enables simultaneous soil enrichment with readily available sulfur and organic matter. A 240-day incubation experiment was conducted, on two soils: very light and heavy; with two sulfur doses applied to each soil (20 and 40 mg S/kg d.m. for very light soil, and 30 and 60 mg S/kg d.m. for heavy soil). The sulfate sulfur content in the incubated soil material, treated with the addition of sulfur pulp and its mixtures with organic materials, increased significantly up to day 60 and then decreased. The application of these materials significantly increased the content of available sulfur and decreased the pH value of the incubated material. The effect of the introduced materials on dehydrogenase activity depended on soil granulometric composition (the impact of the applied materials on the activity of these enzymes in very light soil was small, and in heavy soil, their activity was usually limited by the presence of introduced materials). Application of the studied materials had little effect on the total organic carbon content in the incubated soil material (a significant change in the value of this parameter, in relation to the control soil, was recorded in some treatments of heavy soil).
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Affiliation(s)
- Aneta Lisowska
- Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, National Research Institute, Falenty, 3 Hrabska Av., 05-090 Raszyn, Poland; (A.L.); (D.B.-M.)
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 21 Mickiewicza Av., 31-120 Krakow, Poland; (B.F.-M.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 21 Mickiewicza Av., 31-120 Krakow, Poland; (B.F.-M.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 21 Mickiewicza Av., 31-120 Krakow, Poland; (B.F.-M.); (M.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, National Research Institute, Falenty, 3 Hrabska Av., 05-090 Raszyn, Poland; (A.L.); (D.B.-M.)
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- Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-149 Krakow, Poland; (M.K.); (A.S.-S.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Mickiewicza 21, 30-120 Krakow, Poland;
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- Department of Economics and Enterprise Organization, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland;
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- Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-149 Krakow, Poland; (M.K.); (A.S.-S.); (J.S.)
- Institute of Management and Production Engineering, Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki State University of Małopolska in Oświęcim, Maksymiliana Kolbego 8, 32-600 Oswiecim, Poland
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- Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-149 Krakow, Poland; (M.K.); (A.S.-S.); (J.S.)
- Institute of Management and Production Engineering, Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki State University of Małopolska in Oświęcim, Maksymiliana Kolbego 8, 32-600 Oswiecim, Poland
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- Department of Machinery Exploitation and Management of Production Processes, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland;
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- Jan Zamoyski College of Humanities and Economics in Zamość, ul. Koszary 8, 22-400 Zamość, Poland;
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