Phosphorus and Carbon Capture from Synthetic Municipal Wastewater by Carbonate Apatite Precipitation

The world’s 7 billion inhabitants depend on chemical fertilizers to meet the growing demand for food. The phosphorus used in fertilizer is sourced from ancient sedimentary deposits of Phosphate Rock (PR), largely in the form of carbonate calcium phosphate, called carbonate apatite, which resembles b...

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Main Author: Ross, Jessica
Other Authors: Omelon, Sidney
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36437
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20717