Polyethylene Film With Useful Bubbles. Part two.

In the previous part we told that the polyethylene bubble film has been successfully applied as a packaging material in various spheres. Now we will enlighten you on the application of this miracle film in another sphere of human activity - agriculture.

One of the main uses of air bubble film in agriculture can be called sheltering her greenhouses and greenhouses. The glass frames, which used to be covered by greenhouses, are heavy and expensive, now they are not so popular as before. Installing glass frames is not easy, and glass itself often beats for various reasons, from various objects brought by the wind, from hail, from the human factor. The appearance of a more suitable and easy covering material for greenhouses and hothouses - a single-layer hothouse material, a polyethylene film does not solve many problems either. Under the usual film is colder than even under the glass, the film tears, but grabs it for a season or two seasons.

The air-bubble film passes a sufficient amount of ultraviolet rays inside the hotbed and keeps a constant air temperature inside the greenhouse, preventing the planted plants from freezing. Even an ordinary bubble film with bubbles having a diameter of 25 mm and a height of 8 mm has the same thermal insulation as one layer of bricks. Possessing low weight compared to glass and greater strength compared to a single-layer polyethylene film, it is 80 times more effective than glass, and 120 times more efficient than ordinary polyethylene film will protect your seedlings planted in a greenhouse or a greenhouse from cold for Account for the greater thermal insulation inherent in it. Since it actually is a type of structure, something like a double-glazed window, only a light and flexible double-glazed unit. Operating temperature range from minus 60 to plus 80 degrees in which it can maintain its properties allows the bubble film to reliably protect the contents of greenhouses and hotbeds from temperature changes.

In addition, if the composition of this air-bubble film contains special light-stabilizing additives that improve its properties, prevent the destruction of polyethylene from the effects of ultraviolet radiation and accordingly extend the period of its use in the open air to five years with year-round use. At the same time, such an air-bubble film passes 82 percent of the sun's ultraviolet rays necessary for good growth and fruiting of planted plants, it can be noted that glass conducts much less sunlight. A similar special light-converting additive present in such a special greenhouse film transforms the light of the sun and eliminates radiation components that do not work well on plants. Another useful additive in the greenhouse film can be called a special hydrophilic additive (antifog), it is contained in the inner layer of such a bubble film. The large droplets of water condensate formed on the inner surface of greenhouses and greenhouses cause a decrease in light transmission. In addition, drops of water on the surface of the film focus the sun's rays, causing a so-called "lens effect", which leads to heat damage to plants. Antifog helps to eliminate the formation of large droplets of water condensate, ensures a uniform spreading of water on the film with a thin layer. Water is evenly distributed over the surface of the film and gradually drains into the ground, and thereby reduces the likelihood of sunburn of plants eliminating the so-called "lens effect".

Such air-bubble film is used both for industrial cultivation of vegetables and fruits, and for private use on household plots. If you use air-bubble film with all these additives on your greenhouse, then as a result of such comfortable conditions for plants the yield can be increased almost two times, and the rate of ripening of fruits for one or two weeks.

In the previous and this part we talked about the use of air-bubble film as a packing and in agriculture. In the next article, we will talk about other uses of bubble film.

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