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What type of pollutant Fertilizers such as nitrates and phosphates are examples of?
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How do you test for nitrates and phosphates in water?
For phosphates you can use molybdate solution but be careful it contains sulfuric acid.
Where is it possible to learn about nitrates?
Nitrates are mostly used in fertilizers in agriculture and farming. There are many text books and articles discussing nitrates, their uses and effects.
What are nitrates and how do they get into your water supply?
Nitrates are a major part offertilizers, so when we use fertilizers they get in the soil and from there to the underground water supply.The reason they usually get past the purification at the water plant is that nitrates are very soluble in water and very hard to separate
What forms of polyatomic ions occur in nature?
The predominant ones are nitrates, carbonates, sulfates, silicates, aluminates, and phosphates. There are several variations of the latter three of these types.
Why is the air made up mostly of nitrogen gas?
Because nitrogen and nitrates are not easily permanently bonded with other elements. As are for example, the silicates or the phosphates. Or even the oxides.
Fertilizers such as nitrates and phosphates are examples of what type of pollutant?
Minerals and chemicals
What kind of acid is fertilizer?
Fertilizers are not acids; they are phosphates, nitrates,etc.
What salt is in fertiliser?
Examples: potassium chloride, phosphates, nitrates.
What is least likely to cause eutrophication?
a. fertilizers b. pesticides c. phosphates d. nitrates Nitrates is not the answer. so it's either a,b,c. probably B
Chemical name for fertilizer?
phosphates, nitrates, potassium chloride, fertilizers with microelements, natural fertilizers Ex.: ammonium nitrate, urea, ammonium sulphate, sodium phosphate, etc.
What are the classes of mineral salts?
Examples: chlorides, phosphates, nitrates, sulfides, vanadates etc.
What has the author David C Reutter written?
David C. Reutter has written: 'Nitrogen and phosphorus in streams of the Great Miami River Basin, Ohio, 1998-2000' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects of Fertilizers, Environmental aspects of Nitrates, Environmental aspects of Phosphates, Fertilizers, Nitrates, Nutrient pollution of water, Phosphates, Pollution, Water
What happens when there are too many nitrates and phosphates in a pond?
Nitrates and phosphates are fertilizers, and therefore if you have too much of them in a pond, it will become choked with an excessive growth of algae.
Fertilizers provide plants with?
Fertilizers typically add nitrates, phosphates and sulfates as well as salts of magnesium, potassium and calcium. They may also contain micronutrients of other metals.
What are some different salts?
Examples: chlorides, nitrates, phosphates, chlorates, bromides, iodides etc.
What are salts of oxo-acids?
Examples are: nitrates, phosphates, oxalates, stearates, selenates, sulfates etc.
What products can make plants grow better?
Nitrogen,Potassium,Phosphorus (sulphates, nitrates,phosphates as fertilizers plus humus and water in a clayey/alluvial soil.)
