Definition of Superphosphate. Meaning of Superphosphate. Synonyms of Superphosphate

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Definition of Superphosphate

Superphosphate
Superphosphate Su`per*phos"phate, n. (Chem.) An acid phosphate. Superphosphate of lime (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H2PO4)2, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil.

Meaning of Superphosphate from wikipedia

- Superphosphate is a chemical fertiliser first synthesised in the 1840s by reacting bones with sulfuric acid. The process was subsequently improved by reacting...
- Triple superphosphate (TSP) typically consists of 44–48% of P2O5 and no gypsum. A mixture of single superphosphate and triple superphosphate is called...
- Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O. Both salts are colourless solids. They are used mainly as superphosphate fertilizers and are also po****r leavening agents. Material of relatively...
- Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.[citation...
- Fertilizer prices   DAP   Pot****ium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
- Fertilizer prices   DAP   Pot****ium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
- manufacture superphosphate. In 1927, ****ing Smith and two other firms – Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company and Westralian Farmers Superphosphates – established...
- to form triple superphosphate, a more concentrated phosphorus fertilizer which excludes the gypsum content found in single superphosphate: Ca3(PO4)2 + 4...
- industry, where it is treated with sulfuric acid to produce various "superphosphate" fertiliser products. White phosphorus was first made commercially in...
- Drugs, 9th ed. monograph 8775 "The Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid and Superphosphate" (PDF). Chemical Processes in New Zealand. Archived from the original...