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Why are fertilizers available with different amount of nitrates phosphates and potash?
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What type of pollutant Fertilizers such as nitrates and phosphates are examples of?
plant nutrient
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 effect does soil have on fertilizer?
Most fertilizers must be broken down in the soil before they can be broken down by a plants' roots. Nitrates of N-P-K are not immediately water solluble, and thus are not readily available to the plant as 'food'
Fertilizers such as nitrates and phosphates are examples of what type of pollutant?
Minerals and chemicals
What type of pollutant Fertilizers such as nitrates and phosphates are examples of?
plant nutrient
What kind of acid is fertilizer?
Fertilizers are not acids; they are phosphates, nitrates,etc.
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 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 products can make plants grow better?
Nitrogen,Potassium,Phosphorus (sulphates, nitrates,phosphates as fertilizers plus humus and water in a clayey/alluvial soil.)
What are some different salts?
Examples: chlorides, nitrates, phosphates, chlorates, bromides, iodides etc.
What is the difference between nitrates and phosphates?
nitrates are fertalizer, chemical wastes, and pee and poo that atracts algea phosphates are dtergants that attract aglea
What are two main sources of pollutants that can contaminate groundwater supplies?
Sewage, nitrates from fertilizers, and phosphates all cause groundwater pollution.
