diammonium phosphate

American  

[dahy-uh-moh-nee-uhm, dahy-] / ˈdaɪ əˈmoʊ ni əm, ˌdaɪ- /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, (NH4 ) 2 HPO 4 , used as fertilizer, in fire extinguishers, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of diammonium phosphate

di- ¹ + ammonium

Example Sentences

The country accounts for about a tenth of the world’s urea-based fertilizer exports and a third of exports of diammonium phosphate, another type of crop nutrient, according to the World Bank.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

China, the world's top exporter of phosphate, temporarily halted urea and diammonium phosphate fertilizer exports this summer to feed domestic demand as energy costs and corn prices rose.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2021

Mosaic processes mined phosphate rock into pebble and fine phosphate, which are then turned into diammonium phosphate, or DAP, and applied by farmers to fields.

From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2011

Mosaic processes mined phosphate rock into pebble and fine phosphate, which are turned into diammonium phosphate, or DAP.

From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2011