Fluid Fertilizer Science and Technology
Science and Technology
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 1991
Book
Hardback
648 pages
978-0-8247-7703-6 (ISBN)
Description
Illustrates current fluid fertilizer technology in the US and abroad, including manufacture, handling, storage, distribution, and use in the field demonstrating how fluid fertilizer facilitates more precise delivery of nutrition to crops. The volume provides the means to analyze fluid fertilizer sys
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1127 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-7703-6 (9780824777036)
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Person
Derek A. Palgrave is a Chartered Chemist and Divisional Director of Chafer Fertilizers, at BritAg Industries Ltd., Chedburgh, Suffolk, England. The author of numerous scientific papers and patents, he is a Coeditor of the Fertilizer Science and Technology series (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Risk Management, and a member of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors, Mr. Palgrave received the M.A. degree from Cambridge University, England.
Content
Preface -- Contributors -- 1. History of Fluid Fertilizers /Derek A. Palgrave -- 2. Global Status of Fluid Fertilizers /Derek A. Palgrave -- 3. Manufacture of Nitrogenous Fluids /Simon C. Quarmby -- 4. Manufacture of Mixed Fluids /Frank Achorn -- 5. Solubility /Harry B. Shaffer -- 6. Physical and Chemical Phenomena Controlling the Stability and Flow Properties in Suspensions /Edgar W. Sawyer, Jr. -- 7. Miscellaneous Physical Properties of Fluid Fertilizers /Derek A. Palgrave -- 8. Sequestration and Chelation /John J. Mortvedt -- 9. Corrosion Mitigation in Fluid Fertilizers /Homer R. Horsman and Patrick S. McRight -- 10. Large Storage Installations /Roy D. Space -- 11. Pit and Lagoon Storage /Kenneth C. Hunter -- 12. Local Storage and Distribution /Cecil L. Walker -- 13. Pipeline, Barge, and Rail Transport /Roy D. Space -- 14. Fertilization Under Drip Irrigation /Bnayahu Bar-Yosef -- 15. Localized and Subsurface Placement /Michael F. Broder -- 16. Hydroponics and Nutrient Film Culture /Selwyn Richardson -- 17. Fluid Fertilizer Application Equipment /Edgar J. Rickel -- 18. Agronomic Characteristics of Fluids /Larry S. Murphy -- 19. Management of Fluid Fertilizers for the Growing Crop /George W. Rehm and L. W. Lohry -- 20. Quality of Fluid Fertilizers /Frank J. Johnson and Edward J. Huber, Jr. -- 21. Health, Safety, and Environmental Aspects of Fluid Fertilizers /R. Gordon Wells and Karl T. Johnson -- 22. Glossary of Fluid Fertilizer Terms /James T. Batchelor and Derek A. Palgrave -- Index.