Chemical Engineering » Fertilizer Technology
Raw materials for nitric acid manufacture are___________________?

A. Hydrogen peroxide, air and water
B. Anhydrous ammonia and air
C. Anhydrous ammonia, air and water
D. Wet ammonia, air and water

Plant tranquillisers___________________?

A. Hold back stem growth and halt plants at a desired height
B. Cause early maturation of plants
C. Accelerate ripening of food and grain
D. Produce seedless fruit

Nitrogen content of a nitrogenous fertiliser is 35%. It could be___________________?

A. Urea
B. Ammonium nitrate
C. Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN)
D. Ammonium sulphate

With increases in pressure, the conversion of Ammonium carbamate into urea___________________?

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaltered
D. Can either increase or decrease depends on biuret content

Nitric acid is produced on commercial scale in a fertiliser plant by___________________?

A. Oxidation of ammonia
B. CaNO3 + H2SO4 reaction
C. Passing air through high voltage electric arc
D. None of these

In ammonia synthesis (N2 + 3H2 = 2NH3), there is a decrease in total volume, hence to get high equilibrium conversion, the reaction should be carried out at________________?

A. Low pressure
B. High pressure
C. Very high temperature
D. Atmospheric pressure; as the pressure has no effect on conversion

Reaction of anhydrous liquid ammonia with ortho-phosphoric acid produces____________________?

A. Ammonium phosphate
B. Superphosphate
C. Triple superphosphate
D. None of these

-10-5 fertilisers mean that they contain______________?

A. 5, 10, 5% respectively of N2, P2O5 and K2O
B. Only 5 to 10% active fertiliser constituents