Caking Processes in Granular NPK Fertilizer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 435-438

  Walker, Gavin M ^a   Magee, T Ronald A ^a   Holland, Clive R ^a   Ahmad, Mohammed N ^a   Fox, J Neville ^b   Moffatt, Nicholas A ^b   Kells, Andrew G ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Irish Fertilizer Industries Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROANALYSIS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TENSILE PROPERTIES; WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CAKING PROCESSES; CAPILLARY ADHESION THEORY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 0032001740     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970387n     Document Type: Article

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