- Branche: Agricultural chemicals
- Number of terms: 235
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PotashCorp produces three primary crop nutrients – potash (K), phosphate (P) and nitrogen (N) for the world market. With operations and business interests in seven countries, PotashCorp accounts for 20% of worldwide potash productions.
Fertilizer either in solution (plant nutrients are dissolved in liquid); or in suspension, (a saturated solution in which some plant nutrients are suspended by gelling clay.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Fertilizers that contain more than one nutrient. The nutrient breakdown is always stated in the same order, and is referred to in the industry as NPK (nitrogen, phosphate, potash). For example, fertilizer graded as 5-20-20 contains 5% nitrogen (N), 20% phosphorus (P2O5) and 20% potash (K2O) by weight.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A term that indicates the state when a mechanical construction of a capacity expansion is complete but ramp-up to full operating rates has not yet been achieved.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A term used in the fertilizer industry to define potassium content. To convert KCl product tonnes to K2O, multiply by 0.61.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Potash fertilizer is muriate of potash (KCl, potassium chloride). Potassium also combines with other materials in specialty fertilizers such as potassium sulfate (K2SO4), potassium magnesium sulfate (K2Mg2(SO4)3) or potassium nitrate (KNO3). 60-63.2% K2O (solid).
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
The seventh most common element in the earth's crust. Economically recoverable deposits are usually found combined with chlorine in the chemical compound potassium chloride, commonly referred to as potash.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
La quantità di una sostanza nutritiva un'azienda può produrre annualmente.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
