- Soil acidification due to use of phosphorus fertilizers is small compared to that attributed to nitrogen, due to the lower amounts of this nutrient used and the lower acidification per kg phosphorus. Phosphoric acid is the most acidifying phosphorus fertilizer. - Potassium fertilizers have little or no effect on soil pH.
The factors that change the reaction rates of chemical reactions are: 1)temperature 2)concentration 3)pressure 4)physical state 5)a catalyst.
Point out to students that this is one of the major characteristics of a chemical reaction: In a chemical reaction, atoms in the reactants combine in new and different ways to form the molecules of the products. Students may be surprised that water can be produced from combustion. In a chemical reaction, the atoms and molecules produced by the reaction are called products. 2  In a chemical reaction, only the atoms present in the reactants can end up in the products. 3  No new atoms are created, and no atoms are destroyed.