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To help plants grow. Phosphate is one of the three major nutrients along with nitrogen and potash (potassium).

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What element is used as phosphate fertilizer?

Phosphate fertilizer is a compound, not an element. The compound contains phosphorus.


Is phosphate used in agriculture?

Yes, phosphates are used as fertilizers.


Who uses phosphate?

Phosphate is used by farmers in fertilizers for healthy growth of plants and/or crops.


What do you call the phosphate-rich excreta of birds which is used as fertilizers in Europe?

guano


Is nitrogen used in making chemical fertilizers?

Yes. Nitrogen is used for making many types of amide/amine-based chemical fertilizers. It is the main constituent of fertilizers like Urea & Di-Amino-Phosphate.


Can you use phosphate to make explosives?

Phosphate itself is not used to make explosives, but it can be a component in the manufacturing of certain types of explosives, like ammonium phosphate-based fertilizers. These fertilizers can be potentially misused to create explosives, but the process would involve other chemical compounds and steps beyond just phosphate.


Which one of the following ions is commonly present in fertilizers bromide chloride hydroxide phosphate?

Of bromide, chloride, hydroxide, and phosphate, the ion commonly present in fertilizers is phosphate. typical fertilizers are given 3 numbers to identify the components (such as 10-10-10). The middle number is phosphate.


What can increase levels of phosphate in a stream?

Runoff from fertilizers is a strong contributor to high phosphate levels. At one time, phosphates were also used in detergents.


Phosphate is a chemical compound used in?

Phosphate is a chemical compound commonly used in fertilizers to provide plants with essential nutrients for growth. It is also found in detergents to help with cleaning, in food and beverages as a preservative and acidulant, and in some medications for its role in metabolic processes in the body.


What are causes of phosphate pollution?

lawn and garden fertilizers.


Can you replace dipotassium phosphate with potassium dihydrogen phosphate?

This depends on your application and needs; as fertilizers, no problems.


What acid is used in fertilizers and photographic film?

Nitric acidANsw2. Well, Superphosphate fertilizer is made by reacting rock phosphate with sulphuric acid.But both nitrates and ammonia are used by plants as fertilizers as a source of nitrogen.