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B - Pupuk Phosphorus
B - Pupuk Phosphorus
B - Pupuk Phosphorus
(PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER)
Terminology:
• % P= % P2O5 x 0,43
• P2O5 = %P x 2,29
Source of P Fertilizer
• Rock phosphate (RP) is the primary raw materials for P
fertilizer. Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a
non-detrital sedimentary rock which contains high amounts
of phosphate bearing minerals such as fluorapatite Ca5(PO4)3F
(CFA) and hydroxyapatite Ca5(PO4)3OH or Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2.
Limestones and mudstones are common phosphate bearing
rocks.
• The major RP deposits are found in the US, Morocco, China
and Russia, representing nearly 70 % of total world
production. RP minerals are apatites [Ca10(PO4)6(X)2], where X
is either F-, OH- or Cl-. Flourapatite [Ca10(PO4)6(F)2], is the most
common RP. RP contains numerous impurities of CO3, Na and
Mg.
1. Rock Phosphate