Abstract
Population increase, the need to increase the productivity of crops per unit of agricultural land, and a considerable market share in the case of special fertilizers bring the need for new technologies. Nanofertilizer production is through two technological approaches: bottom-up and top-down. Both production methods have their benefits and weaknesses. While bottom-up brings better process control and smaller particles, top-down is more widely used in industry because it is cheaper and simpler to apply.
The main idea of this chapter is to bring an industrial vision that contemplates all the steps and procedures of the development and production of nanofertilizers within industry, dealing with the main points, their motivations, and possible consequences. The processes described and exemplified here are part of everyday industrial life. However, many are clearly only summarized, may vary from company to company, and should be used only as a guide. Equipment for development, production, and quality control and raw material, additive, and formulation characteristics are described.
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Fattobene, A.L.E. (2022). Strategies to Produce Cost-Effective Fertilizer-Based Nanoparticles. In: Fernandes Fraceto, L., Pereira de Carvalho, H.W., de Lima, R., Ghoshal, S., Santaella, C. (eds) Inorganic Nanopesticides and Nanofertilizers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94155-0_2
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