TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE

(TSP)
How it is Made ?
TSP is made by reacting wet-process
phosphoric acid with phosphate rock.
Typically it contains 46% P2O5.TSP is produced
in granular and non-granular form and is used
both in fertilizer blends (with potassium and
nitrogen fertilizers) and by itself.
 Triple superphosphate
(TSP)
Triple superphosphate
(TSP) was one of the first
high-analysis phosphorus
(P) fertilizers that became
Its essential components widely used in the 20th
are soluble monocalcium
century It has the highest
phosphate
(phosphorus) P
[(H2PO4)2•H2O] with
content of dry
good efficiency for
fertilizers that don’t
improvement of soil Over 90 percent of
TSP also contains contain nitrogen (N)
conditions. the total P in TSP is
15 percent calcium
water soluble, so it
(Ca), providing an
becomes rapidly
additional plant
available for plant
nutrient.
uptake.
Non-Agricultural Uses
❑ Monocalcium phosphate is an important
ingredient in baking powder.

❑ Monocalcium phosphate is commonly added

to animal diets as an important mineral
supplement of both P and Ca.
Reasons for Declining of TSP
❑ The popularity of TSP has declined because the total nutrient
content (N + P₂O₅) is lower than ammonium phosphate
fertilizers such as monoammonium phosphate, which by
comparison contains 11% N and 52% phosphorous pentoxide
(P₂O₅).

❑ Costs of producing TSP can be higher than ammonium

phosphates, making the economics for TSP less favorable in some
situations.