UREA 46
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Urea a white crystalline solid containing 46 nitrogen is widely used in the agricultural
industry as an
animal feed additive and fertilizer Here we discuss it only as a nitrogen fertilizer.

Physical forms of urea
Commercially fertilizer urea can be purchased as prills or as a granulated material. In the
past it was usually
produced by dropping liquid urea from a prilling tower while drying the product. The prills
formed a smaller
and softer substance than other materials commonly used in fertilizer blends. Today
though considerable
urea is manufactured as granules. Granules are larger harder and more resistant to
moisture. As a result
granulated urea has become a more suitable material for fertilizer blends.

Advantages of fertilizer urea
Urea can be applied to soil as a solid or solution or to certain crops as a foliar spray.
Urea usage involves little or no fire or explosion hazard.
Ureas high analysis 46 N helps reduce handling storage and transportation costs over
other dry N
forms.
Urea manufacture releases few pollutants to the environment.
Urea when properly applied results in crop yield increases equal to other forms of nitrogen.