Mechanochemical Preparation of Slow Release Fertilizer Based on Glauconite–Urea Complexes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Mechanochemical Process
2.3. Characterization of SRFs
3. Results
3.1. Mineral Composition of SRFs per XRD
3.2. Morphology and Chemical Composition of SRFs per SEM-EDS and XRF
3.3. Chemical Structure of SRFs Determined Using FTIR
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Composites | N2O5 | MgO | Al2O3 | SiO2 | P2O5 | SO3 | K2O | CaO | TiO2 | Fe2O3(total) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GN-pm5 | 15.7 | 2.8 | 12.7 | 44.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 19.4 |
GN-pm10 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 43.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 27.9 |
GN-pm20 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 9.8 | 45.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 25.4 |
GN-dg15 | 17.2 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 45.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 19.8 |
GN-dg30 | 13.8 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 47.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 26.1 |
GN-dg60 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 44.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 25.0 |
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Rudmin, M.; Abdullayev, E.; Ruban, A.; Buyakov, A.; Soktoev, B. Mechanochemical Preparation of Slow Release Fertilizer Based on Glauconite–Urea Complexes. Minerals 2019, 9, 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9090507
Rudmin M, Abdullayev E, Ruban A, Buyakov A, Soktoev B. Mechanochemical Preparation of Slow Release Fertilizer Based on Glauconite–Urea Complexes. Minerals. 2019; 9(9):507. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9090507
Chicago/Turabian StyleRudmin, Maxim, Elshan Abdullayev, Alexey Ruban, Ales Buyakov, and Bulat Soktoev. 2019. "Mechanochemical Preparation of Slow Release Fertilizer Based on Glauconite–Urea Complexes" Minerals 9, no. 9: 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9090507