Factors affecting the flowability of fertilizers through orifices

International Agrophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-72

  Kara, M ^a   Hofstee, J W ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Flowability; Orifice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010316875     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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