Fertilisers

Question 1

importance of fertilisers

Answer 1

they are used by farmers to restore essential nutrients to the soil

Question 2

elements of fertilisers

Answer 2

Nitrogen (N)
Potassium (K)
Phosphrous (P)

Question 3

N

Answer 3

nitrogen in the form of ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3-) ions.

Question 4

P

Answer 4

Phosphrous which comes as phosphate ions (PO4 3-)

Question 5

K

Answer 5

potassuim which comes as potassium ions (K+)

Question 6

Ammonia

Answer 6

is a pungent, clear, colourless gas which dissolves in water to produce an alkaline solution.
Ammonia solution reacts with acids to form souble salts

Question 7

the haber process

Answer 7

the reactants required are nitrogrn and hydrogen gas.
the products is ammonia gas.
this is a reversible reaction
iron pellets are used to catalyse this reaction

Question 8

the ostwald process

Answer 8

can produce nitric acid for use in fertiliser producation.
the reactabts are ammonia, water and oxygen
the produces is nitric acis
platinium is used as a catalyse