Fertilizer Manual (Paperback)

One Introduction and Background.- I. History of Chemical Fertilizers.- II. Outlook for the Fertilizer Industry (1978 2000).- III. Role of Fertilizer in Agriculture.- IV. General Concepts and Definitions.- V. Fertilizer Raw Materials and Reserves.- Two Nitrogen Fertilizers.- VI. Production of Ammonia.- VII. Transportation and Storage of Ammonia.- VIII. Ammonium Salts, Nitric Acid, and Nitrates.- IX. Urea.- X. Production, Properties, and Use of Nitrogen Solutions and Use of Anhydrous Ammonia for Direct Application.- XI. Some Factors Influencing Choice of Nitrogen Fertilizers.- Three Phosphate Fertilizers.- XII. Phosphate Rock and Sulfuric Acid.- XIII. Phosphoric Acid.- XIV. Fertilizers Derived from Phosphoric Acid.- XV. Nitrophosphates.- XVI. Other Phosphate Fertilizers.- XVII. Some Factors Influencing Choice of Phosphate Fertilizers.- Four Potash and Other Fertilizers.- XVIII. Potash Fertilizers.- XIX. Compound Fertilizers.- XX. Secondary and Micronutrients.- XXI. Controlled-Release Fertilizers.- XXII. Physical and Chemical Properties of Fertilizers and Methods for Their Determination.- Five Planning and Economics.- XXIII. Pollution Control and Other Environmental Factors.- XXIV. Planning for the Development of a Fertilizer Industry.- XXV. Economics of Fertilizer Manufacture.- XXVI. Problems Facing the World Fertilizer Industry.