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The Clock is Ticking on Florida s Mountains of Hazardous First discovered in the Peace River by a Corps of Engineers captain in 1881 Florida s phosphate deposits today form the basis of an $85 billion industry that supplies three fourths of the phosphate used in the United States To get at the underground deposits the miners use a dragline with a
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Phosphate is widely found in milk products meat eggs and cereals and is used extensively as a food additive Bone permanently exchanges phosphate with the surrounding milieu Entry and exit of phosphate amount to approximately 100 mmol daily slowly exchangeable phosphate for a total skeleton content of about 20 000 mmol
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The Economics of Florida Phosphate Phosphate rock is used to produce fertilizer animal feed detergents and food and beverage products Of these products fertilizer is the most economically important requiring 90% of the annual world phosphate supply How Phosphate Used In Florida How Phosphate Used In Florida
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Florida supplies a quarter of the world s phosphate and 80 percent of all the phosphate used in the US Most of it goes into fertilizer But before it can be used to help crops grow the
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The top phosphate producing states Florida and North Carolina accounted for over 75% of domestic output The other 25% of US production came from Southeast Idaho and Utah The majority of the phosphate rock mined in the US is used for manufacturing phosphoric acid and superphosphoric acid These types of wet process phosphate products are
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Phosphate rock is mined and then manufactured through the fertilizer manufacturing process A typical Florida phosphate mine gets about 9 000 tons of phosphate rock per acre of land Huge draglines are brought in and can remove the Florida earth from the surface down 100 feet in order to remove the entire matrix field
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Phosphate rock contains the mineral phosphorus an ingredient used in some fertilizers to help plants grow strong roots Phosphate rock contains small amounts of naturally occurring radionuclides mostly uranium and radium When processing phosphate rock to make fertilizer the phosphorous is removed by dissolving the rock in an acidic solution
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Phosphogypsum stacks are formed to store the phosphogypsum and associated process water that comes from the chemical manufacturing of phosphoric acid and related fertilizer products according
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A leak at a troubled phosphate processing plant in Manatee County could threaten Tampa Bay with a repeat of fish kills that happened a decade ago Controlled releases at the plant began Tuesday afternoon The company running the former Piney Point plant HRK Holdings says water is leaking out of a pond inside a gypsum stack which stores
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Phosphate the compound that we have in fertilizer is PO4 it s one part phosphorous and four parts oxygen While some people search for seashells in Florida others look for phosphate
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a natural mineral formation that contains phosphorus and phosphorus compounds in such concentrations that make it technically and economically feasible to process the ore in order to obtain phosphorus containing products such as mineral fertilizers phosphate mineral supplements and phosphate salts for various industries
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Florida s phosphate mining today accounts for about 80% of the phosphate used in the United States as well as about 25% of the phosphate used around the world The Florida that we know today and the phosphate buried in its earth is a relatively recent product of geologic processes that have been at work for a long time
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Today the state provides oranges for most of the orange juice sold in the country Sugarcane fish petroleum and phosphate used for fertilizer are also top natural resources from Florida
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Florida is a peninsula—that means it s almost completely surrounded by water Its northernmost edge is connected to Sugarcane fish petroleum and phosphate used for fertilizer are also top natural resources from Florida FUN STUFF Please be respectful of copyright Unauthorized use is prohibited —Florida can make an excellent vacation spot thanks to its 663 miles of beaches
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Phosphate has been dominating the news in Florida for several days since the breach at a wastewater reservoir in Manatee County forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes Phosphate is a
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However Florida s phosphate industry pumps millions of gallons daily from the aquifers without fear of punishment from water management authorities Interestingly water from Florida s aquifers used by the phosphate industry is unmetered At a minimum unmetered water usage by Florida s phosphate industry needs to stop because of existing
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It is exclusively used to make phosphoric acid almost all of which is used in the production of phosphate fertilizers Today the ammoniated phosphate fertilizer products produced in Florida allow farmers to apply more fertilizer in one pass which cuts back significantly on labor costs The higher analysis fertilizers also save on freight costs
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The phosphate is sent to a chemical processing plant or fertilizer manufacturing plant Here molten sulfur shipped to Florida ports and trucked to the plant is used to create sulfuric acid The sulfuric acid is then mixed with the phosphate to make phosphoric acid The phosphoric acid is the main ingredient in fertilizer but can also be
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Florida Severance Taxes and Fees Severance tax is imposed on any person who severs gas heavy minerals oil phosphate solid minerals or sulfur from Florida Additionally a per ton mitigation fee is imposed on any person who removes lime rock or sand from the Miami Dade County Lake Belt Area
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In the state of Florida and across the country all forms of asbestos even in small amounts are considered dangerous Asbestos containing materials refer to any materials that contain more than 1 percent asbestos Florida has set laws in place to regulate the removal of such materials with some hefty penalties for violating these laws
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Phosphate rock minerals are the only significant global resources of phosphorus The United States is the world s leading producer and consumer of phosphate rock which is used to manufacture phosphate fertilizers and industrial products Subscribe to receive an email notification when a new publication is added to this page On the Questions
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The term phosphate rock or phosphorite is used to denote any rock with high phosphorus content The largest and least expensive source of phosphorus is obtained by mining and concentrating phosphate rock from the numerous phosphate deposits of the world Some phosphate rock is used to make calcium phosphate nutritional supplements for animals
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Florida which is also known as the sunshine state is one of the major sources of phosphate in the Next to other states such as North Carolina Utah and Idaho But Florida and North Carolina together already account for 85% of this element production The United States is one of the largest suppliers and exporters of phosphate fertilizers to all over the world Phosphate Rocks
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Tri calcium phosphate is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid This chemical product is used in foods as an anti caking agent and as an acid regulator As an anti caking agent tri calcium phosphate helps maintain the fluffy characteristics of most dough products such as cake and bread
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The process of Phosphate coating is employed for the purpose of pretreatment prior to coating or painting increasing corrosion protection and improving friction properties of sliding components Metal coating offers both zinc phosphate and manganese phosphate coating Manganese phosphate coating is applied when wear resistance and anti galling
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The Economics of Florida Phosphate Phosphate rock is used to produce fertilizer animal feed detergents and food and beverage products Of these products fertilizer is the most economically important requiring 90% of the annual world phosphate supply al Rawashde and Maxwell 2024
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Monoammonium phosphate MAP is a widely used source of phosphorus P and nitrogen N It s made of two constituents common in the fertilizer industry and contains the most phosphorus of any common solid fertilizer Production The process for manufacturing MAP is relatively simple In a common method a one to one ratio of ammonia NH₃ and phosphoric acid H₃PO₄ is reacted and
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Phosphate coatings are a crystalline conversion coating for steel and other metals that is formed on a ferrous metal substrate The process of Phosphate coating is employed for the purpose of pretreatment prior to coating or painting increasing corrosion protection and improving friction properties of sliding components In other instances phosphate coatings are applied to threaded parts and
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