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Agriculture
Periodic Graphics
Periodic Graphics: The elements of fertilizers
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning digs into how plant fertilizers make use of the periodic table.
by Andy Brunning
March 22, 2020
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 98, Issue 11
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To download a pdf of this article, visit http://cenm.ag/fertilizers
References used to create this graphic:
“A Crash Course in Fertilizers: NPK Ratios, Synthetic vs. Organic, and More.” Sunset, Sept. 3, 2004.
Dimech, Adam. “The Potassium Myth.” The Story of Flowers. Updated Feb. 10, 2013.
Scherer, H. W. “Fertilizers and Fertilization.” In Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, edited by Daniel Hillel, 20–26. Elsevier, 2005.
Solution Center for Nutrient Management. “Crop Nutrient Requirements.” Accessed March 5, 2020.
A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest
To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.
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