- 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.
Chemical reactions produce new substances with new properties. The starting materials in a chemical reaction are called reactants while the materials that are formed are called products. When we write an equation we put an arrow in the middle between the reactants and the products; this arrow is read as yields. Example: Ba(NO3)2 + H2SO4 ---> BaSO4 + 2 HNO3.