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Phosphorus, the Gold of Human Development

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Update time : 2020-07-17 10:32:26

The Discovery of Phosphorus

In 1996, a German man named Hennig Brandt accidentally discovered phosphorus while playing with human urine. As the first element discovered by humans, phosphorus is not unfamiliar in our life: phosphorus is an important component of the cytoplasm of living organisms and an essential element for plant growth. It not only makes a great contribution to our agricultural development, but also plays a major role in human health. At that time, the discovery of phosphorus was not of great value because the science was not advanced enough. In the 21st century, with the continuous development of science and technology, the value of phosphorus element is more and more embodied. Some foreign scientists have commented on the discovery of phosphorus by Hennig Brandt: what he found was not elements, but gold.

Uses of Phosphorus

Indeed, the most beneficial value of phosphorus is its contribution to the agricultural industry. In the early part of the last century, when there was no crop industry or when individual farms were small and self-sufficient, people first used human and animal waste as fertilizer. But as the world's population grows, so does the quantity and quality of food that humans and animals use as fertilizer. Later, scientists learned that phosphorus could contribute to the crop industry, which solved the energy and food quality problems to some extent. Although there is a lot of phosphate fertilizer on the market, scientists are still testing the effectiveness of other phosphide as fertilizers. After all, food production is a constant topic for humans.

One advantage of phosphorus over other elements is that it allows farmers to plant crops selectively, maximizing the use of land resources. A recent study by scientists, for example, found that different crops take different amounts of phosphorus from the soil, meaning that some crops use it more efficiently and absorb only nutrients that contain it. The yield and quality of crops can only be guaranteed if nutrients are fully absorbed, and the discovery could provide important help for experts trying to breed new species.


In addition to the fact that we can artificially contribute phosphorus to those crops, some of the more obscure fungi are also contributing. The soil contains many friendly fungi called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. They lived in the same environment as the roots of the crop and had a friendly relationship of mutual assistance. For example, these fungi release phosphorus and other nutrients for crops to grow, which in turn produce carbohydrates for the fungus to absorb.


In addition, phosphorus also provides a significant help in the manufacture of chemical minerals: Besides being the supply of life element, phosphate ore is also an important chemical mineral raw material. Some phosphate ore is used to produce pure phosphorus (yellow phosphorus, red phosphorus) and chemical raw materials, a small amount is used as animal feed. Red phosphorus is used to make matches and phosphates. Yellow phosphorus is highly toxic and can be used to produce pesticides, incenses, flares, flares and incenses. Phosphorus and boron indium gallium phosphates used in the semiconductor industry. It is used for refining phosphorous bronze, phosphorous pig iron and cast iron in metallurgical industry. Zirconium phosphate, titanium phosphate and silicon phosphate can be used as coating, pigment, binder, ion exchange agent, adsorbent, etc. Sodium phosphate and disodium hydrogen phosphate are used to purify boiler water. The latter can also be made of rayon. Sodium hexametaphosphate can be used as water softener and metal preservative, calcium phosphate is used as animal feed additive and phosphorus derivative is used in medicine. Dihydrogen phosphate aluminum adhesive material has high refractoriness, good impact resistance, strong corrosion resistance and superior electrical properties. Fluorapatite crystal is the most ideal laser emitting material and phosphate glass laser has been applied.

The Future of Phosphorus

It is undeniable that the existence of phosphorus has brought progress to human beings and development to agriculture. However, things are rare and precious. As a limited nutrient in the physical environment, phosphorus is likely to disappear once it is used up. Although nature contains a great deal of phosphate, some of its toxicity does not directly benefit agriculture. Phosphorus, as an element, must have a cycle in the material world, but we have yet to discover it. With the common development of the world, all kinds of problems will be broken by human efforts.


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