Table 2 Comparison of WAC of FAWA with other available SAH.

From: Transformation of non-water sorbing fly ash to a water sorbing material for drought management

Reference

WAC in distilled water (g/g)

Composition

Wan et al.42

430

Polyacrylic acid, acrylamide, kaolinite

Rodrigues et al.43

225

Polyacrylic acid, chitosan, rice husk

Wan et al.44

360

Polyacrylic acid, acrylamide, corn stalk

Xu et al.45

252

Polyacrylic acid, sea buckthorn

Xiao et al.46

253

Polyacrylic acid, acrylamide, corn starch

Abdallah47

244

Polyacrylamide (commercial SAH)

Saha et al.48

280

Polyacrylic acid (commercial SAH)

Present study

310

Polyacrylic acid, fly ash