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Principles and practice of agricultural analysis. Volume 2 (of 3), Fertilizers

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Principles and practice of agricultural analysis. Volume 2 (of 3), Fertilizers

Harvey Washington Wiley

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What is really in that bag of fertilizer? Wiley's second volume shows the analyst how to find out: complete analysis of mineral phosphates, the citrate method, basic phosphatic slags, and volumetric ways to pin down phosphoric acid. Rigorous laboratory procedure for anyone who tests what farmers buy. The chemistry behind an honest sack.

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  1. 1PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS.
  2. 2PREFACE TO VOLUME SECOND.
  3. 3PART FIRST. PRELIMINARY TREATMENT AND PHOSPHATES.
  4. 4GENERAL ANALYTICAL PROCESSES.
  5. 5COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF MINERAL PHOSPHATES.
  6. 6GENERAL METHODS FOR ESTIMATING PHOSPHORIC ACID IN FERTILIZERS.
  7. 7THE CITRATE METHOD.
  8. 8BASIC PHOSPHATIC SLAGS.
  9. 9VOLUMETRIC DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHORIC ACID.
  10. 10URANIUM METHOD AS PRACTICED BY THE FRENCH CHEMISTS.
  11. 11THE DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHORIC ACID BY TITRATION OF THE YELLOW PRECIPITATE.
  12. 12TECHNICAL DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHORIC ACID.
  13. 13MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON PHOSPHATES AND PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS.
  14. 14CHEMISTRY OF THE MANUFACTURE OF SUPERPHOSPHATES.
  15. 15AUTHORITIES CITED IN PART FIRST.
  16. 16PART SECOND. NITROGEN IN FERTILIZERS.
  17. 17SOURCES OF NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS.
  18. 18METHODS OF ANALYSIS.

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