Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.
 
 
Phospho Gypsum
 
Specifications:

(CaSO4)2H2O

% on dry basis

95

Silica

% less than

0.5

P2O5

% less than

0.5

Water soluble P2O5

% less than

0.15

Fluorine

% less than

0.0002

Ash

% by wt. max.

0.5

Free Moisture

% About

20

 

Packing:

 

Loose in trucks or in railway wagons.

 

USES:

 

1.   Used as filler in paper, paints, nutrient in growing yeast, insecticides.

2.   Treatment of soil particularly those used for leguminous crops and in the

      culture of groundnuts.

3.   When mixed with manure, it acts to stabilize the volatile and dissolved

      nitrogenous compound, thus preventing their loss by volatilization and  

      leaching. The major use in arid climate is neutralization of black alkali

      soils by the reaction with alkali carbonates that cause this condition.

4.   For manufacture of Plaster of Paris.

5.   For Manufacture of fire proof wall boards for building construction.

6.   For manufacturing cement.