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Inorganic Chemicals > Magnesium Compounds > Struvite

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Struvite  

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  • Dittmarite
  • Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate
  • Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Hexahydrate
  • Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Monohydrate
  • Struvite (H3PO4-NH4-Mg (1:1:1))

Scope note

  • The mineral magnesium ammonium phosphate with the formula NH4MgPO4. It is associated with urea-splitting organisms in a high magnesium, high phosphate, alkaline environment. Accumulation of crystallized struvite is found in the urinary tract as struvite CALCULI and as scale on sewage system equipment and wastewater pipes.

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  • 2017 (1974)

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