title: The effects of natural zeolite on salinity level of poultry litter compost.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the salinity uptake by natural zeolite when used as an ingredient during the composting process. The amounts of 5% and 10% of natural zeolite were applied to poultry litter as volume and compared with the compost made with no amendment. The results clearly showed that the salinity level of poultry litter was too high. It was found that the salinity level in the end compost decreases with increasing the amount of natural zeolite used. Salinity uptake efficiencies were 66.64% and 88.92% for end product containing 5% and 10% natural zeolite, respectively. Significantly, the addition of natural zeolite to poultry litter compost was found to have a beneficial effect on the characteristics of the end product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. gturan@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: N Gamze
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Turan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D011200:Poultry; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D017641:Zeolites / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D017641:Zeolites; D012965:Sodium Chloride