• Superphosphate is a chemical fertiliser first synthesised in the 1840s by reacting bones with sulfuric acid. The process was subsequently improved by reacting...
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    Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O. Both salts are colourless solids. They are used mainly as superphosphate fertilizers and are also popular leavening agents. Material of relatively...
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    Triple superphosphate (TSP) typically consists of 44–48% of P2O5 and no gypsum. A mixture of single superphosphate and triple superphosphate is called...
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    Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.[citation...
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    industry, where it is treated with sulfuric acid to produce various "superphosphate" fertiliser products. White phosphorus was first made commercially in...
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  • to form triple superphosphate, a more concentrated phosphorus fertilizer which excludes the gypsum content found in single superphosphate: Ca3(PO4)2 + 4...
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    Fertilizer prices   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
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    Fertilizer prices   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
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  • manufacture superphosphate. In 1927, Cuming Smith and two other firms – Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company and Westralian Farmers Superphosphates – established...
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    which was much in demand as a fertilizer before the discovery of superphosphates in the 1840s. This theory however is questionable, as actual evidence...
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    the formerly German-ruled island of Nauru, giving access to its rich superphosphate reserves. Australia argued successfully against a Japanese proposal...
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    1840s he established large works near London for the manufacture of superphosphate of lime. Processes for the vulcanization of rubber were patented by...
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    1992–2022. The 2007–2008 world food crisis happened when fertilizer prices spiked.   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple superphosphate   Urea...
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  • part sharp sand With amendments of: 0.6 g/L ground limestone 1.2 g/L superphosphate The potting mixes are used to grow different types of plants depending...
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  • Drugs, 9th ed. monograph 8775 "The Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid and Superphosphate" (PDF). Chemical Processes in New Zealand. Archived from the original...
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    create superphosphates, which were shipped around the world from the port at Ipswich. By 1871 there were about 80 factories making superphosphate.[where...
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    and turbines. This plant was targeted because it powered the Al-Qa'im superphosphate fertilizer plant (nicknamed 'Big Al'), known to produce yellowcake for...
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  • Grove invents the first fuel cell. 1842: John Bennet Lawes invents superphosphate, the first man-made fertilizer. 1844: Friedrich Gottlob Keller and,...
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    fertilizer plants at Bramford, and Snape in the 1850s. By the 1870s superphosphates produced in those factories, were being shipped around the world from...
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    state to be absorbed by plants. Their investigations also produced the superphosphate, consisting in the acid treatment of phosphate rock. This led to the...
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    manufacture with their help of explosives. Since 1920, the factory produces superphosphate. "Business Portfolio". Petrochemical Holding GmbH. Retrieved 20 August...
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    Fertilizer Nitrogen: not necessary Phosphorus: often limiting, US: Superphosphate 200–250 kg/ha Plant Protection Weeding: young guar plant development...
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  • nitrate 0-17-0 to 0-22-0 Superphosphate (Monocalcium phosphate monohydrate with gypsum) 0-44-0 to 0-52-0 Triple superphosphate (Monocalcium phosphate monohydrate)...
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    The possibility of using aircraft was soon investigated. Spreading superphosphate by agricultural aircraft was independently suggested in 1926 by two...
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  • surface-to-air missile S-25 Berkut John Bennet Lawes (1814–1900), UK – superphosphate or chemical fertilizer Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901–1958), U.S. – Cyclotron...
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    out patents covering superphosphate fertiliser on 23 May 1842. On the same day John Bennet Lawes also took out a superphosphate patent. Murray was judged...
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    higher yields. A study found that when applying tithonia with triple superphosphate (TSP) that the yields increased by 220% compared to a control test containing...
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    fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F) from phosphate rock during the production of superphosphate fertilizer. Neutralizing agents include sodium hydroxide and sodium...
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  • The 2007–2008 world food crisis happened when fertilizer prices spiked then.   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
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    1992–2022. The 2007–2008 world food crisis happened when fertilizer prices spiked.   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple superphosphate   Urea...
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