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Inorganic fertilizers

Inorganic fertilizers

Fertilizer is a technical fertilizer used in agriculture and gardening in order to give the soil one or more nutrients that can be used by plants.

In the following list the main organic fertilizers present on the market, with the solubility in water and the title in elements.

Fertilizer Solubility in water (%) N P2O5 K2O Ca Mg S
Ammonia, anhydrous 100 82 – – – – –
Ammonia, in solution 100 16-25 – – – – –
Ammonium nitrate 100 33.5 – – – – –
Ammonium nitrate and limestone 100 20.5 – – 7.3 4.4 –
Ammonium sulphate 100 21 – – – – 23.7
Ammonium sulphonitrate 100 26 – – – – 15.1
Calcium cyanamide (CaNCN) 100 21 – – 38.5 – –
Calcium nitrate 100 15 – – 19.4 1.5 –
Nitrogen in solution 100 21-49 – – – – –
Sodium Nitrate 100 16 – – – – –
Urea coated with sulfur variable 35 – – – – 21
Urea 100 46 – – – – –
Ureaform variable 38 – – – – –
Ammonium superphosphate 35 3 – 6 18 – 20 – 17.2 – 12
Ammonium sulphate phosphate 90+ 13 – 16 20 – 39 – – – 15.4
Ammonium phosphonitrate 100 27 15 – – – –
Ammonium polyphosphate 100 10 – 15 34 – 62 – – – –
Bone meal – 2 – 4.5 22 – 28 – 20 – 25 – –
Diammonium phosphate 95+ 16 – 21 48 – 53 – – – –
Ammonium phosphate 90+ 11 48 – 1.1 – 2.2
Nitric phosphate 40 14 – 22 10 – 22 – 8 – 10 – 1 – 3.6
Phosphoric acid 100 – 52 – 60 – – – –
Rock phosphate <1 – 30 – 36 – – – –
Superphosphate 85 – 18 – 20 – 20.4 – 11.9
Concentrated superphosphate 87 – 42 – 50 – 13.6 – 1.4
Superphosphoric acid 100 – 69 – 75 – – – –
Potassium and magnesium sulphate 100 – – 22 – 11.2 22.7
Potassium chloride 100 – – 50 – 52 – – –
Potassium nitrate 100 18 – 46 – – –
Potassium sulfate 100 – – 50 – 1.2 17.6
Ternaries 100 20 10 10
Ternaries 100 12 12 12
Ternaries 100 11 22 16
Ternaries 100 10 10 10




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