Alabama NRCS PAM Guidelines Erosion Control Using Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM). (PDF file). "The product is typically used to minimize or control irrigation induced soil erosion and to reduce wind and/or precipitation induced erosion on disturbed areas such as construction sites where the timely establishment of vegetation may not be feasible." more (PDF file)
Australian PAM Research - NPIRD Water Wheel December 2000 Newsletter (page 7) Reducing erosion and increasing infiltration with PAM. (PDF file) "NPIRD recently sponsored Bob Sojka from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Lab to visit Australia and examine the potential for using polyacrylamide (PAM) to reduce irrigation induced erosion and enhance infiltration of water into the soil." more (PDF file)
Colorado PAM Research Polyacrylamide Demonstration Project. (PDF file). "The primary goal of this project was to demonstrate the reduction of non-point source pollution from agricultural activities through the use of polyacrylamide (PAM)." more (PDF file)
Colorado PAM Research Polyacrylamide (PAM) Demonstration Results. "The objective of this demonstration site was to evaluate the use of PAM as an irrigation BMP to prevent erosion and increase infiltration." more
Georgia Department of Transportation - Qualified Products List 84
Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) (PDF file). "The following is a list of Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) for the use of sediment and erosion control at construction sites." more (PDF file)
Idaho Conway Gulch Project: Conway Gulch Polyacrylamide Demonstration summary or complete report in PDF format. "The demonstration was designed to show water quality improvements that could be made if PAM was used on a watershed-wide basis as a Best Management Practice." summary or complete report in PDF format.
Indiana PAM Research Field research on soil erosion control practices "Polyacrylamide, commonly known as PAM, is an organic polymer with high molecular weight and a long-chain structure that binds soil particles together and has been shown to greatly reduce soil sealing, runoff, and erosion." more
Texas PAM Research Gypsum and Polyacrylamide Soil Amendments Used With High Sodium Wastewater. "The present study tested the hypothesis that gypsum applied after disking and anionic polyacrylamide (PAM) applied in solution reduce crust formation and improve the infiltration rate of water into soil irrigated with water high in salt and sodium." more
Washington State PAM work - Kittitas County Conservation District Polyacrylamide (PAM) Cost Share Program. "The KCCD in cooperation with Kittitas County Public Works and the Washington Conservation Commission offers a PAM cost share program." more
Washington State PAM work - Kittitas County Conservation District Photo of Dr. Bob Sojka visit. "Dr. Bob Sojka visits with local growers about the use of PAM for soil erosion control in this corn field. Dr. Sojka was the main attraction at a March Grower Meeting hosted by the KCCD." photo
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Construction Site Uses of PAM - Interim Technical Standard: Sediment Control: Water Application of Anionic Polyacrylamide, Code 1051 (401kB PDF file). This standard is interim and will be revisited in 18 months [from Dec. 2002]. Contact the Technical Standards Coordinator at the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association (WLWCA) office at (608) 833-1833, or visit their website at http://www.socwisconsin.org for additional copies of the standard. This standard can also be found in the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide, Section IV:
http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/fotg/standards4.asp.
Video of Military Using PAM for Dust Abatement at a helicopter landing site. This is a 1.2MB Windows Media Video (.wmv) file that requires Internet Explorer with Windows Media Player to view it. It may not work in Netscape nor older versions of Internet Explorer. Download Video. This video is from Dr. Aicardo Roa <roa@co.dane.wi.us>.
Wisconsin: Construction Site Uses of PAM Polyacrylamide as a Soil Stabilizer for Erosion Control (PDF file). "This report investigates the effectiveness of using a polyacrylamide soil stabilizer. A non-toxic chain string of organic molecules, as a soil stabilizer for controlling soil erosion on Wisconsin DOT construction projects." more (PDF file)
Wisconsin: Construction Site Uses of PAM Sediment and Runoff Control on Construction Sites Using Four Application Methods of Polyacrylamide Mix (PDF file). "Fifteen small bare plots (1 meter x 1 meter) on a 10% slope were analyzed for runoff and sediment yield on a construction site. A rainfall simulator applied 6.32 centimeters of rainfall per hour to each plot after a polyacrylamide mix treatment was applied." more (PDF file)
PAM and Paper Making Mini-Encyclopedia of Papermaking Wet-End Chemistry "Additives and Ingredients, their Composition, Functions, Strategies for Use. POLYACRYLAMIDE. Papermakers tend to use the term when talking about the most popular varieties of cationic and anionic retention aids." more
Learning About Polymers Polyacrylamide (PDF file). "ACRONYM; CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS NAME AND NUMBER; PAAm; 2-propenamide homopolymer [9003-05-08]. CLASS: Vinyl polymers." more (PDF file)
Learning About PAM POLYACRYLAMIDE MARKET 2002 "Growth in the polyacrylamide market slowed in 2001 to 2-3% compared to 6-7% for the previous year." more
The focus of the NWISRL research for the past decade has been mainly on water soluble PAM's for erosion control and infiltration management. We have gotten many questions about crosslinked PAM's, which are a different class of compounds. They are not water soluble but instead are "super water absorbant" or "gel-forming" compounds and are not used for erosion control. We add this information for your convenience. For a bit more clarification see "The PAMphlet" on the main PAM page of the NWISRL website.
Canadian Cross Linked PAM Research Forage Establishment Using Polyacrylamide Gel. "Adding dry polyacrylamide gel in two different sizes with alfalfa and Russian wildrye has not benefitted establishment on either sandy loam or clay-loam soils." more
Cross Linked PAM Used for Sealing Polyacrylamide Gels for Water Shutoff in Fractured-Granite Basement Reservoirs. "A variety of polyacrylamide compounds with inorganic and organic crosslinking agents were tested for stability at high temperatures. The effects of temperature, polymers, crosslinkers, brine salinity, and pH on gelation and stability were studied." more
Jellyfish Contact Lenses Slices of jellyfish infused with your cornea! "Soft contact lenses are made of crosslinked polyacrylamide, which actually absorbs water, (will not dissolve) so it's a good material for contact lenses. OK, so if you take your soft contact lens and play with it, you'll notice that this polyacrylamide feels very similar to jellyfish flesh." more
Department of Food Safety, Cluster on Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments (FOS/SDE). Acrylamide Links "List of links to an acrylamide Frequently Asked Questions and more information on acrylamide." more
Australia/New Zealand Food Standards. Acrylamide and Food "A report of an epidemiological study published in the British Journal of Cancer [January 2003] may help to allay some of the concerns associated with the presence of acrylamide in food." more
PAM Application Fact Sheet "Application of Polyacrylamide Dry Granules for Surface Irrigation Erosion Control" (PDF file)
en Español "Aplicación de Poliacrilamida en Gránulos Secos Para el Control de la Erosión del Suelo Bajo Riego en
Hileras" (el archivo de PDF)