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...
- 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...
- Triple superphosphate (TSP) typically consists of 44–48% of P2O5 and no gypsum. A mixture of single superphosphate and triple superphosphate is called...
- industry, where it is treated with sulfuric acid to produce various "superphosphate" fertiliser products. White phosphorus was first made commercially in...
- to form triple superphosphate, a more concentrated phosphorus fertilizer which excludes the gypsum content found in single superphosphate: Ca3(PO4)2 + 4...
- Fertilizer prices   DAP   Pot****ium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
- which was much in demand as a fertilizer before the discovery of superphosphates in the 1840s. This theory however is questionable, as actual evidence...
- Fertilizer prices   DAP   Pot****ium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
- Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.[citation...
- manufacture superphosphate. In 1927, ****ing Smith and two other firms – Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company and Westralian Farmers Superphosphates – established...