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Inside Back Cover: Synthetic Humic Acids Solubilize Otherwise Insoluble Phosphates to Improve Soil Fertility (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52/2019)
Author(s) -
Yang Fan,
Zhang Shuaishuai,
Song Jingpeng,
Du Qing,
Li Guixiang,
Tarakidezda V.,
Antonietti Markus
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201914401
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , phosphorite , chemistry , solubilization , humic acid , cover (algebra) , phosphate , organic chemistry , geography , archaeology , biochemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering , fertilizer
Artificial humic acids made from biomass in a hydrothermal process are a practical route to solubilize otherwise insoluble phosphorous species, as shown by F. Yang, M. Antonietti et al. in their Communication on page 18813. The picture recalls a famous Chinese art piece, “The man who broke the mountains". It symbolizes in this context the crushing of phosphate rock to nutriate the flowers shown on the right side of the picture. The man represents the humic acid who breaks the rock, with patience and persistence, into little pieces.