Fertilizer Manual

✍ Scribed by Travis P. Hignett (auth.), Travis P. Hignett (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 376
• Series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences 15
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This Fertilizer Manual was prepared by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) as a joint project with the United Nations Industrial Development Organi­ zation (UNIDO). It is designed to replace the UN Fertilizer Manual published in 1967 and intended to be a reference source on fertilizer production technology and economics and fertilizer industry planning for developing countries. The aim of the new manual is to describe in clear, simple language all major fertilizer processes, their requirements, advan­ tages and disadvantages and to show illustrative examples of economic evaluations. The manual is organized in five parts. Part I deals with the history of fertilizers, world outlook, the role of fertilizers in agriculture, and raw materials and includes a glossary of fertilizer-related terms. Part II covers the production and transportation of ammonia and all important nitrogen fertilizers-liquids and solids. Part III deals with the characteristics of phosphate rock, production of sulfuric and phosphoric acid, and all important phosphate fertilizers, including nitrophosphates and ammonium phosphates. Part IV deals with potash fertilizers-ore mining and refining and chemical manufac­ ture; compound fertilizers; secondary and micronutrients; controlled-release fertilizers; and physical properties of fertilizers. Part V includes chapters on planning a fertilizer industry, pollution control, the economics of production of major fertilizer products anJ intermediates, and problems facing the world fertilizer industry.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History of Chemical Fertilizers....Pages 3-10
Outlook for the Fertilizer Industry (1978–2000)....Pages 11-17
Role of Fertilizer in Agriculture....Pages 18-31
General Concepts and Definitions....Pages 32-35
Fertilizer Raw Materials and Reserves....Pages 36-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Production of Ammonia....Pages 49-72
Transportation and Storage of Ammonia....Pages 73-82
Ammonium Salts, Nitric Acid, and Nitrates....Pages 83-108
Urea....Pages 109-121
Production, Properties, and Use of Nitrogen Solutions and Use of Anhydrous Ammonia for Direct Application....Pages 122-135
Some Factors Influencing Choice of Nitrogen Fertilizers....Pages 136-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Phosphate Rock and Sulfuric Acid....Pages 149-162
Phosphoric Acid....Pages 163-186
Fertilizers Derived from Phosphoric Acid....Pages 187-202
Nitrophosphates....Pages 203-210
Other Phosphate Fertilizers....Pages 211-218
Some Factors Influencing Choice of Phosphate Fertilizers....Pages 219-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Potash Fertilizers....Pages 225-247
Compound Fertilizers....Pages 248-269
Secondary and Micronutrients....Pages 270-277
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Controlled-Release Fertilizers....Pages 278-283
Physical and Chemical Properties of Fertilizers and Methods for their Determination....Pages 284-316
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Pollution Control and Other Environmental Factors....Pages 319-328
Planning for the Development of a Fertilizer Industry....Pages 329-332
Economics of Fertilizer Manufacture....Pages 333-345
Problems Facing the World Fertilizer Industry....Pages 346-353
Back Matter....Pages 355-363

✦ Subjects

Soil Science & Conservation