Calcium ammonium nitrate
Lime ammonium nitrate is a nitrogen fertilizer with 27% N and 10% Ca.
composition
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Ammonium calcium nitrate |
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15245-12-2 |
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239-289-5 |
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It consists of a mixture of 76% NH 4 NO 3 ( ammonium nitrate ) and 24% CaCO 3 ( calcium carbonate ). Nitrogen is a major nutritional element in plant nutrition .
The percentages mentioned are customary in the trade. The guaranteed minimum nitrogen content is 22%. Depending on the manufacturing process, carbonate of lime, carbonate of dolomite or 5–6% of carbonate of magnesium, even in mixtures, can lead to a slightly different composition of the fertilizer.
use
Lime ammonium nitrate is the most important nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture . Upon contact with water, the ammonium nitrate dissolves endothermically . As a nitrate fertilizer , it has a quick initial effect, which is gradually supplemented by the nitrification of the nitrogen content from the ammonium. The soil acidifying effect of the N-components is partly compensated by the contained lime.
See also
- Haber-Bosch process
- Soil pH
- Liming
- Soil acidification
- Eutrophication
- Nutrient salt
- Nitrogen cycle
- Nitrogen fixation
- Prilling
literature
- Knittel / Albert / Ebertseder: Practical manual fertilizer and fertilization . 2nd revised edition. Agrimedia, Clenze, 2012
- Arnold Finck : Plant nutrition in brief . 3rd revised edition. Hirt, Kiel 1976, ISBN 3-554-80197-6 , ( Hirt's key word books ), p. 135.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on ammonium calcium nitrate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on August 2, 2020(JavaScript required) .
- ↑ Lütke Entrup / Oehmichen: Textbook of Plant Cultivation; Volume 1: Basics . Ed .: Prof. Dr. Norbert Lütke Entrup / Prof. Dr. Jobst Oehmichen. 3. Edition. tape 1 . AgroConcept, Bonn, ISBN 978-3-9810575-1-5 , p. 530-537 .