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Home › Related Articles › Synthesis and characterization of ammonium phosphate fertilizers with boron
J. Serb. Chem. Soc.. 2010 Jan

Synthesis and characterization of ammonium phosphate fertilizers with boron

Abstract:

The concentration of boron, an essential micronutrient for plants, presents a narrow range between deficiency and toxicity. In order to provide the boron requirement for plants, and to avoid toxicity problems, boron compounds are mixed with basic fertilizers. Sodium borate pentahydrate was used as a boron source. Ammonium orthophosphates fertilizers with boron were prepared by neutralizing phosphoric acid with ammonia and addition of variable amounts of sodium tetraborate pentahydrate to the reaction mixture at a NH3:H3PO4 molar ratio of 1.5. The fertilizers obtained with boron contents ranging from 0.05 to 1 % (w/w) were fully characterized by chemical analysis, thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction and infrared spectrophotometry. The studies showed that up to 500 °C, regardless of the boron content, no significant changes concerning thermal stability and nutritional properties occurred. Above 500 °C, an increase of thermal stability with an increase of the boron content was observed. X-Ray diffraction of a heat-treated sample containing 5 % (w/w) boron indicated the appearance of boron orthophosphate, BPO4, as a new crystalline phase, and the disappearance of the previous structures above 500 °C, which explains the increase in thermal stability. Keywords: sodium borate pentahydrate; fertilizer; micronutrient; diammonium hydrogen phosphate; ammonium dihydrogen phosphate; boron orthophosphate.

Source  /  ANGELA MAGDA1, RODICA PODE, CORNELIA MUNTEAN, MIHAI MEDELEANU and ALEXANDRU POPA

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