ammonium phosphate
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Central Command said the 21,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertilizer presents “an environmental risk,” while the vessel poses an “impact risk.”
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2024
A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023
Phos-Chek, that neon-pink goo that airplanes dump over wildfires, is a sticky slurry of ammonium phosphate designed to coat vegetation and other fuels to deprive advancing flames of oxygen.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023
These pellets of magnesium ammonium phosphate are known as struvite, and for farmers they’re ideal because they release their nutrients slowly, taking about eight to nine months to fully dissolve.
From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2013
This, he considered, had the effect of gradually rendering the insoluble calcium phosphate soluble, and giving rise to the formation of ammonium phosphate and calcium oxalate.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
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