A new slow-releasing iron fertilizer

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 451-456

  Chandra, Partha K ^a   Ghosh, Kunal ^b   Varadachari, Chandrika ^a  

^a Raman Centre for Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Iron; Micronutrient; Polyphosphate; Slow release; Water insoluble; XRD

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATES; PRODUCT PROPERTY; SLOW RELEASE; SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZERS; XRD;

IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYMERIZATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FERTILIZERS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 74249118835     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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