Production and evaluation of potassium fertilizers from silicate rock

dc.contributor.authorSantos, Wedisson Oliveira
dc.contributor.authorMattiello, Edson Marcio
dc.contributor.authorVergutz, Leonardus
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Rodolfo Fagundes
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-25T12:32:16Z
dc.date.available2018-09-25T12:32:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-15
dc.description.abstractRising price and limited geographical availability of traditional sources of potassium (K) fertilizers have stimulated a search for alternative K sources in different parts of the world. We evaluated mineral transformations and agronomic properties of an alternative source of K produced through thermal and chemical treatment of the verdete rock (VR). Chemical and mineralogical characteristics were evaluated before and after each treatment. Four K sources (verdete rock, KCl, acidified verdete, and calcinated verdete) were applied to a Typic Hapludox at different rates. Eucalyptus and sequentially cropped maize and grass were grown in the treated soils. Ver- dete rock, which contained glauconite and microcline as K crystalline minerals, had very low solubility in water and in citric acid. Thermal and chemical treatments increased the concentration of water soluble K and citric acid soluble K. These treatments also caused crystalline K minerals to collapse and form sylvite and arcanite. Untreated verdete rock was not suitable as a K source for maize (Zea mays L.) and eucalyptus (Eucaliptus urograndis I144). Thermal and chemical treatments increased agronomic performance of VR to be similar to KCl. When K was applied as K-calcined verdete, 82% of the total K was recovered in maize and grass cultivations. Less K was recovered in plant following addition of K-acidified verdete and KCl (72% and 77%, respectively). Potassium recoveries by eucalyptus were about 52, 53, and 60% of the amount applied of calcined verdete, acidified verdete, and KCl, respectively. Both calcination and thermal treatment increased the K uptake and dry matter production for all plant species tested to be similar to KCl suggesting that this silicate rock could be beneficiated to be an effective K fertilizer.en
dc.formatpdfpt-BR
dc.identifier.issn15222624
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201500484
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/21980
dc.language.isoengpt-BR
dc.publisherJournal of Plant Nutritionpt-BR
dc.relation.ispartofseriesv. 179, n. 4, p. 547- 556, ago. 2016pt-BR
dc.rightsOpen Accesspt-BR
dc.subjectGlauconitic rockpt-BR
dc.subjectSources of Kpt-BR
dc.subjectVerdetept-BR
dc.titleProduction and evaluation of potassium fertilizers from silicate rocken
dc.typeArtigopt-BR

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