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Significance
Natural Urea Urea is a waste product in the body with no physiological function. It dissolves in the kidney and blood before it is excreted as urine. The organic compound of Urea has two different NH2 groups that are connected by the carbonyl functional group. Urea is non-toxic, which is why it dissolves in water. Apart from being colorless, it also has no smell. It is found in milk, blood, and sweat of mammals |
Conventional Artificial Urea
Uses of Urea
Production and Import
The only regulated Fertilizer
Advantages of Urea Fertilizer
Issues plaguing the Urea Sector
How to address the issues
Case Study
Fertilizer Corporation of India’s Nangal plant employed electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen until it switched to hydrocarbons in the 1970s due to shortage of power in the Bhakra grid.
So clearly, we have the technology to produce nitrogenous fertilisers without using fossil fuels.
Non-Urea Fertilisers
Indian Fertilizer Industry
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