• Superphosphate is a chemical fertiliser first synthesised in the 1840s by reacting bones with sulfuric acid. The process was subsequently improved by reacting...
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    Triple superphosphate (TSP) typically consists of 44–48% of P2O5 and no gypsum. A mixture of single superphosphate and triple superphosphate is called...
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    Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O. Both salts are colourless solids. They are used mainly as superphosphate fertilizers and are also popular leavening agents. Material of relatively...
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    industry, where it is treated with sulfuric acid to produce various "superphosphate" fertiliser products. White phosphorus was first made commercially in...
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    Fertilizer prices   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
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    Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.[citation...
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    Fertilizer prices   DAP   Potassium chloride   Phosphorite   Triple Superphosphate   Urea...
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  • manufacture superphosphate. In 1927, Cuming Smith and two other firms – Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company and Westralian Farmers Superphosphates – established...
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    the formerly German-ruled island of Nauru, giving access to its rich superphosphate reserves. Australia argued successfully against a Japanese proposal...
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    1840s he established large works near London for the manufacture of superphosphate of lime. Processes for the vulcanization of rubber were patented by...
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