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Studies on Calcium Cyanamide1. I. The Decomposition of Calcium Cyanamide in the Soil and its Effects on Germination, Nitrification and Soil Reaction (With Eight Text-figures.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. M. Crowther
Affiliation:
(Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts)
H. L. Richardson
Affiliation:
(Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts)

Extract

1. The work described in the present series of papers was undertaken with the object of ascertaining the best conditions for the use of calcium cyanamide and of comparing it against older nitrogenous fertilisers. Earlier work has in part been repeated so as to ascertain whether the recent improvements in manufacture have overcome the difficulties encountered with the pre-War product.

2. The decomposition of cyanamide to urea can be brought about by a number of minerals likely to occur in the coarser fractions of the soil. The decomposition of cyanamide by soil proceeds according to a logarithmic law such that the rate of disappearance is proportional to the concentration of cyanamide in the soil water.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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