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Reaction of Several Clay Minerals and Gibbsite with Monoammonium and Monopotassium Phosphate

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THE acid solution which leaves particles of acidic orthophosphate fertilizers, when they are added to soil, dissolves large amounts of iron and aluminium1. The dissolved iron and aluminium is eventually reprecipitated as complex phosphates.

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BEATON, J., BRYAN, I., RUSSELL, J. et al. Reaction of Several Clay Minerals and Gibbsite with Monoammonium and Monopotassium Phosphate. Nature 201, 739–740 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201739a0

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