Chemistry GCSE
Fertilisers
What Fertilisers means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Fertilisers
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Supply nitrogen compounds that plants need for making proteins and DNA, so crops grow larger and yields increase.
Topics that use Fertilisers
- The Haber process (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Haber process
- Nitrogen source
- Raw materials and their sources
- Recycling of reactants
- Reversible reactions
- Ammonia
- Hydrogen source
- Separation by cooling and condensation
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