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Subject:
Ferric Ammonium Citrate
Category: Science Asked by: firefly1031-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
07 Aug 2003 18:44 PDT
Expires: 06 Sep 2003 18:44 PDT Question ID: 241242 |
With a very thick solution of ferric ammonium citrate and water, what chemical can I add to it to make it dissolve at a very slow rate? |
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Re: Ferric Ammonium Citrate
From: iang-ga on 08 Aug 2003 10:38 PDT |
I'm not sure what you mean by a "thick" solution - could you describe the problem in a bit more detail, please? Regardless, ferric ammonium citrate is very soluble in water and will deliquesce, that is it will pick up water from the air and dissolve in it. If you want to prevent that you'll need to store it in an air-tight container. It's also affected by light, so it needs to be kept in the dark, too. It's almost insoluble in alcohols if that helps. Ian G. |
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Re: Ferric Ammonium Citrate
From: firefly1031-ga on 08 Aug 2003 14:06 PDT |
I inject this iron in trees and I am trying to control the release of it inside the tree so it will release more slowly. I need a "chemical" or whatever to add to the product so I can limit the rapid uptake in a tree. The chemical can not be toxic to trees |
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Re: Ferric Ammonium Citrate
From: iang-ga on 09 Aug 2003 09:40 PDT |
I can't think of any direct way of making it dissolve more slowly. You could try mixing it with something like gelatin or agar, but that's nothing more than a guess. I've heard of people protecting seeds with wallpaper paste, but I think they all contain fungicides and I don't know what the long term effect would be on a tree. Ian G. |
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Re: Ferric Ammonium Citrate
From: chelate-ga on 20 Aug 2003 05:09 PDT |
Seems you want a 'slow release form' of FAC. You might want to look up semi-permeable membranes or other forms of slow release formulations. Can you pelletise your FAC, coat in some form of slowly dissolving gum and then inject this emulsion into your trees? |
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