What is BS EN 15922 - Extraction of soluble phosphorus about?
BS EN 15922 is a standard that serves technical specifications for the extraction of soluble phosphorus, which helps plants to convert other nutrients into usable building blocks for their growth and development.
BS EN 15922 specifies the procedure for the extraction of phosphorus soluble in cold alkaline ammonium citrate. BS EN 15922 is applicable for disintegrated phosphates exclusively.
Who is BS EN 15922 - Extraction of soluble phosphorus for?
BS EN 15922 on Extraction of soluble phosphorus applies to:
- Manufacturers of fertilizers
- Dealers and importers of fertilizers
- Testing labs for fertilizers
- Quality assurance services
Why should you use BS EN 15922 - Extraction of soluble phosphorus?
Phosphorus is a vital nutrient in plants. It is a component of several major plant structural compounds and catalyses the conversion of many vital biochemical reactions. In agricultural applications, the extraction of phosphorus is used to improve the prediction of fertilizer phosphorus availability to plants.
BS EN 15922 provides users guidance on the extraction of soluble phosphorus with Petermann’s solution in fertilizers. BS EN 15922 also provides users with a step-by-step procedure for the method, enabling users to do the method correctly.
BS EN 15922 provides users guidance on principle, sampling, reagents, apparatus, procedure, bibliography, enabling users to extract soluble phosphorus according to Petermann at ambient temperature.
With obedience and compliance of BS EN 15922, users can extract soluble phosphorus content that assists users in determining the nutritional efficiency of fertilizers in agricultural applications.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 15922:2011 supersedes DD CEN/TS 15922:2009, which is now withdrawn.
