The present authors had reported the result of the study on the magnesium hudrogen phosphate fertilizer (MgHPO
4·3H
2O) in this Journal, Vol.12, p.276 (1958), and then the further studies on the potassium magnesium phosphate fertilizer (KMgPO
4·6H
2O) and ammonium magnesium phosphate fertilizer (NH
4MgPO
4·6H
2O)(now in the contribution to the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, Japan).
In the present paper, on continuing the above described studies, the synthesis of potassium magnesium phosphate fertilizer is carried out completely by the quite different method. Especially it is very interesting if the potassium dihydrogen phosphate fertilizer (KH
2PO
4·xH
2O) will be easily obtained from the double decomposition reaction between potassium chloride and phosphoric acid solution with the byproduct hydrochloric acid and potassium dihydrogen phosphate fertilizer as shown in the following formula: KCl+H
3PO
4=HCl+KH
2PO
4In the authors' previous report (loc. cit.), potassium magnesium phosphate fertilizer (KMgPO
4·6H
2O) was synthesized by the reaction between potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution and magnesium hydrogen phosphate (MgHPO
4) in excess phosphoric acid solution, but in the present study, this potassium magnesium phosphate was obtained by the reaction between sea water magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)
2) and dilute solution (1, 5, 10 and 20%) of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH
2PO
4) obtained above at several temperatures (15, 40, 60 and 80°C). This reaction can be writeen by the following either (1) or (2) formula:
1: Mg(OH)
2+KH
2PO
4→KMgPO
4·6H
2O
2: 3Mg(OH)
2+3KH
2PO
4→K
2Mg
3H (PO
4)
3·9H
2O
The prepared samples of potassium phosphate fertilizers were analysed and the main compositions of MgO, K
2O and P
2O
5 and the ratio of K
2O/P
2O
5 are shown in the following table and compared with those values of two compounds (1) KMgPO
4·6H
2O and (2) K
2Mg
3H (PO
4)
3·9H
2O. From these results, it is clear that the obtained 7 samples (a) to (g) are the mixtures of (1) KMgPO
4·6H
2O and (2) K
2Mg
3H (PO
4)
3·9H
2O. These potassium magnesium phosphate fertilizer samples were further studied on their solubilities of main fertilizer components MgO, K
2O and P
2O
5 in citric acid solution and the hygroscopic property. The results of X-ray analysis were also the clear dissolution, that these prepared samples are to be the mixtures of the two potassium magnesium phosphate compounds (1) KMgPO
4·6H
2O and (2) K
2Mg
3H (PO
4)
3·9H
2O.
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