Laboratory Flashcards
It serves as a storehouse for plant nutrients and normally provides plants with the nutrients they require to grow and reproduce.
Soil
Fertilizers derived from the Latin word _______meaning ?
Fertilis (fruit bearing)
Any organic and inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin added to the soil to supply certain elements essential to the growth of plants.
Fertilizers
It contains fillers which help enhance their physical properties, improve handling, and reduce costs.
Fertilizer
In what year does early farmers use manure to fertilize their crops.
8000 years ago
It would have been the most logical fertilizer to use, in which early farmers noticed enhanced crop growth in areas of natural dung accumulation where animals gathered.
Manure
In what year does salpetreand guano where shipped from Chile and Peru to the UK and Western Europe.
19th century
The first artificial fertilizer, SSP was produced in UK.
1843
In what year does potash fertilizer start in 1860 in Germany.
1860
In what year does N fertilizer from ammonia discovered
1890
In what year does the production of technology N fertilizers came with the production of synthetic ammonia by Haber-borch process
1913
What are the names of compounds?
Binary compound
Binary compound (acid)
Binary compound (not hydrogen)
Binary compound (two non mentals)
Ternary compounds
In what year does the production and use of urea as a fertilizer
1921
What are the types of fertilizers
Inorganic fertilizers
Organic fertilizers
Biofertilizers
A nutrient-rich fertilizer made industrially by chemical process, mineral extraction, or by mechanical grinding.
Inorganic fertilizers
They provide a known amount of nutrients in a form that is quickly available for plant uptake
Inorganic fertilizers
Are compounds that contain two different elements?
Binary compounds
What are the metallic cation?
Na+, Ca²+, Fe³+
What are the non-metalic anion?
Cl-, O-², S-²
Name the following compounds
KBr
CaO
MgCl2
Al2O3
Na2S
-Potassium bromide
-Calcium oxide
-Magnesium chloride
-Aluminum oxide
-Sodium sulfide