_Introduction_, pp. 1-4.—Natural fertilizers; Waste matters as
fertilizing materials; Valuation of fertilizing ingredients.
_General Analytical Processes_, pp. 4-15.—Taking samples;
Fertilizing minerals; Mixed fertilizers; French methods of taking
samples; Sampling stable manures; Preparation of sample in laboratory;
French and German methods; Drying fertilizer samples; Moisture in acid
phosphates.
_Analysis of Mineral Phosphates_, pp. 15-39.—Constituents to be
determined; Direct estimation of phosphoric acid; Official method;
Preparation of solution; Use of tartaric acid; Determination of water
and organic matters; Carbon dioxid; Soluble and insoluble matter;
Silica and insoluble bodies; Estimation of lime; Ammonium oxalate
method; Immendorff method; Estimation of iron and alumina; The acetate
and Hess methods; Methods of Jones and Crispo; Geological Survey
method; Method of Marioni and Fasselli; Method of Krug and McElroy;
Method of Wyatt; Estimation of magnesia; of sulfuric acid; of fluorin.
_General Methods for Phosphoric Acid_, pp. 39-57.—Preliminary
considerations; Estimation as stannic phosphate; Water soluble
acid; Citrate insoluble acid; Total phosphoric acid; Norwegian
methods; German experiment station methods; Soluble phosphoric acid;
Swedish methods; Dutch methods; Errors in molybdate method; Color of
pyrophosphate; Solution in sulfuric acid.
_The Citrate Method_, pp. 57-70.—General principles; Halle
method; Swedish method; Methods adopted at the Brussels Congress; Dutch
method for citrate soluble acid; Comparative accuracy of citrate and
molybdate methods.
_Basic Phosphatic Slags_, pp. 70-86.—History and manufacture;
Composition; Molecular structure; Solubility; Separation and solution;
Estimation of total acid; Alternate method; Halle method of analysis;
Dutch method; Estimation of citrate soluble acid in basic slags;
Wagner’s shaking and digesting apparatus; Estimation of caustic lime in
slags; Detection of adulteration.
_Volumetric Determination of Phosphoric Acid_, pp.
86-106.—Classification of methods; Uranium method; Preparation of
sample; Precipitation of the phosphoric acid by magnesium citrate;
Composition of magnesium citrate solution; Solution of ammonium
magnesium phosphate; Preparation of standard solutions; Verifying
standard solutions; Conduct of the analysis; Phosphoric acid in
superphosphates; Determination of soluble and reverted phosphoric acid;
Conclusions.
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