Agrium Issue: 2.03
Effective Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999
Location: Redwater

Type 65 Florida Phosphogypsum

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

MIN

MAX

TYPICAL

MOISTURE (wt. %H2O)

6-12

pH (of 50% AQUEOUS SOLUTION) wt./wt. or vol./vol.

3.0-5.0

DRY BASIS
NITROGEN (wt. %N)

0.22

PHOSPHOROUS (wt. %P2O5)

0.16

CARBON (Total Organic & Inorganic) (wt. % C)

0.08

FLOURINE (wt. %F)

0.36

CHLORINE (wt. %Cl)

0.002

SILICON (wt. %SiO2)

2.05

IRON (wt. %Fe2O3)

0.08

ALUMINUM (wt. %Al2O3)

0.10

MAGNESIUM (wt. %MgO)

0.021

BARIUM (wt. %BaO)

0.003

SODIUM (wt. %Na2O)

0.032

POTASSIUM (wt. %K2O)

0.006

STRONTIUM (wt. %SrO)

0.062

3.17

CALCIUM (wt. %CaO)

21.5

SULFUR (wt. %SO3)

17.7

WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION (wt. %H2O)

19.5

CALCIUM SULFATE DIHYDRATE (wt. % CaSO42H2O)

92.4

HEAVY METALS (ppm)
  • Combined total of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, Zn

Less than 25

PHYSICAL ANALYSIS
BULK DENSITY (kg per m3/ lbs per ft3)
  • LOOSE

888/55

  • TAPPED

1130/70

MEAN PARTICLE SIZE (microns)

65

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS (% passing) (micron)

10

 

4

25

 

17

50

 

36

75

 

57

100

 

76

150

 

92


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