Fluid Fertilizer Science and Technology / Edition 1

by Palgrave

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824777036
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/1991
Series:	Fertilizer Science and Technology , #7
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

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 systems instantaneously by supplying correlations of fertilizer chemical compositions and physical properties. It also contains an extensive survey of corrosion risks for materials used to handle fluid fertilizers--complete with recommendations for storage installations, pipelines, tank cars, trucks, barges, and applicators. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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