Phosphates in a sentence

Morocco is the world's third-largest producer of phosphates (after the United States and China ), and the price fluctuations of phosphates on the international market greatly influence Morocco's economy.

Since phosphates combine with calcium ions to form insoluble salts, a decrease in the level of phosphates in the blood, releases free calcium ions into the plasma ionized calcium pool.

They are generally available in the mineral component of the soil, but the heavy application of phosphates can cause a deficiency in zinc and iron by the formation of insoluble zinc and iron phosphates.

In water we extracted from just under the sand near the artificial reefs we found high levels of phosphates—evidence of a large number of fish excreting.

Platinum, coal, and phosphates are also mined on the continent.

Revised plans for 360 homes on the same site have now been put forward, with land being set aside to mitigate the additional phosphates generated from the site.

Treated sewage does not contain harmful bacteria but it is still full of nitrates and phosphates that plankton feed on, he added.

He collected a water sample to run tests for phosphates, nitrates and E. coli, something he has been doing at least weekly for the past two years.

He’s developing a technique that could lead to new types of sensors to help farmers better measure nitrates and phosphates in the soil, allowing them to use fertilizers more efficiently.

Its natural resources include gold, manganese, limestone, marble and phosphates.

The site has lain undeveloped for the last few years, with the site being sold to Magna Housing and the legal agreements surrounding the outline plans not being signed off until August 2021, in part due to the ongoing phosphates crisis.

Watchet has seen significant interest from housing developers in recent years, with the town and the surrounding villages being one of the few parts of Somerset not adversely affected by the ongoing phosphates crisis.

Guano and phosphates—used as fertiliser— were excavated from the belly of the island and moved to the shoreline for export via a series of pulleys.

On the basis of Application, the Global Sulfuric Acid Market is studied across Fertilizers, Fibres, Hydrofluoric Acid, Metal Processing, Paints and Pigments, Phosphates, and Pulp and Paper.

The ergonomic features pertaining to phosphates are corrosion resistance and increase the paint adhesion on the pretreated metal surface.

In addition to this, the company noted that no formal or legally valid moratorium currently exists regarding the marine mining of phosphates.

The use of excess nitrogen, phosphates and potassium fell between the end of the 1990s and the mid-2000s.

Guano, the accumulated excrement of seabirds, is rich in nitrogen, phosphates and potassium- nutrients that spur the growth of vegetation.

Important sectors of the economy need to be rebuilt, particularly oil and gas exploitation, phosphates, power plants, a new harbor and a third cellphone carrier.

In 2015, his team developed an antibody to identify and study phosphates bonded to another amino acid called histidine.