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Appendix 6: Relative Effect of Fertilizer Materials on the
Soil Solution
Table 14. Relative Effect of Fertilizer Materials on the Soil Solution (from Ayars and Westcot)
Material Salt Index Partial Salt Index
per Unit of Plant
Nutrient
Anhydrous ammonia 47.1 0.572
Ammonium nitrate 104.7 2.990
Ammonium nitrate-lime 61.1 2.982
Ammonium phosphate (11-48) 26.9 2.442
Ammonium sulphate 69.0 3.253
Calcium carbonate (limestone) 4.7 0.083
Calcium cyanamide 31.0 1.476
Calcium nitrate 52.5 4.409
Calcium sulfate 8.1 0.247
Diammonium phosphate 29.9 1.614
Dolomite (calcium and magnesium carbonates) 0.8 0.042
Kainit, 13.5 % 105.9 8.475
Kainit, 17.5 % 109.4 6.253
Manure salts, 20% 112.7 5.636
Manure salts, 30% 91.9 3.067
Monoammonium phosphate 34.2 2.453
Monocalcium phosphate 15.4 0.274
Nitrate of soda 100.0 6.060
Nitrogen solution, 37% 77.8 2.104
Nitrogen solution, 40% 70.4 1.724
Potassium chloride, 50% 109.4 2.189
Potassium chloride, 60% 116.3 1.936
Potassium chloride, 63% 114.3 1.812
Potassium nitrate 73.6 5.336
Potassium sulphate 46.1 0.853
Sodium chloride 153.8 2.899
Sulphate of potash-magnesia 43.2 1.971
Superphosphate, 16% 7.8 0.487
Superphosphate, 20% 7.8 0.390
Superphosphate, 45% 10.1 0.224
Superphosphate, 48% 10.1 0.210
Urea 75.4 1.618
The salt index is for various fertilizer materials when applied at equal weights. Sodium nitrate, with a salt
index of 100, is used as a base for the index.
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