Introduction
Farmers around the world may not be able to afford fertilizers because of high cost. Anyone that has recently visited a nursery can verify how expensive chemical and organic fertilizers have become. However, there is another plentiful and inexpensive fertilizer alternative: human urine. Human urine contains very few, if any pathogens. However, it contains the majority of plant fertilizing nutrients. Human urine contains high levels of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), and sulfur (S). An additional benefit of using human urine, is that you are collecting it instead of flushing it, saving gallons and gallons of water.
Question
Which solution of human urine would be the most effective fertilizer:
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After performing a urinalysis at Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital under the supervision of the lab director, I found that urine is indeed very high in nitrogen. I also did a pH test at Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital under the supervision of the lab director, which I found that urine has a neutral pH. Urine is known to contain high levels of the 3 most used nutrients fior plant growth (NPK). Human urine is also known to contain other necessary nutrients. Too much nitrogen can burn the plant roots and cause spindly weak plants, so dilution of human urine is …show more content…
After about two weeks I noticed fuzzy white mold growing on the soil so I decided to take them outside for some sunlight (UV Rays). It was 70°F the day they were outside. Most of the mold growing on the soil had died. However, a few days later all the spinach had died including the ones in fertilizer and control. The zucchini became tall and spindly and had began to tip over. The beans were also getting tall so I decided to string all surviving plants up with yarn to the ceiling. I added a 2ft grow light because they were no longer mobile. (They were previously under a mixture of fluorescent and incandescent
The group with the highest average urine production rate of 7.5 mL of fluid for each kg of body weight was the diet caffeine free group. Diet caffeine free uses NutraSweet instead of glucose as the sweetening agent. NutraSweet causes high filtrate osmolality, which decreases reabsorption and moves water from out of the tissue into the urine, increasing urine output.
The purpose of the experiment is to determine the ID of an unknown diprotic acid by establishing its pKa values. The first phase is to determine the unknown diprotic acid by titration, which is a technique where a solution of known concentration is used to determine the molecular weight. While the second phase involved seeing how much NaOH needed to standardize diprotic acid.
The well-known saying: “Too much of something is never good”, applies to the Nitrogen component in urine. Nitrogen is a good fertilizer and dog urine could in fact be very beneficial to one’s lawns. The problem is that the Nitrogen concentration in dog urine is too high. According to Article 2, it is the concentration of the Nitrogen that is deadly to the grass, not the Nitrogen element itself. According to Article 4, the yellow stain emerges when the excess Nitrogen dehydrates the plant.
Nitrogen can always be a fertilizer, nutrient, or pollutant depending on the circumstances and the environment it is in. As a fertilizer, nitrogen can be extremely useful in aiding the growth of many plants. As a nutrient, nitrogen is essential to many plants growth and survival. As a pollutant, nitrogen can not only affect the plant at the given time but be very detrimental many years down the road. No matter where you go nitrogen will always be either a fertilizer, nutrient, or pollutant.
Dehydration is defined as a process of removing water from a substance. The loss of water from a molecule is called dehydration which is exactly opposite with the process of hydrolysis. Dehydration is an elimination reaction of an alcohol involves the loss of an OH from one carbon and an H from an adjacent carbon. Overall, this amounts to the elimination of a molecule of water, resulting in a pi-bond formation of an alkene or alkyne. In most of the dehydration of alcohol, heat and catalyze are needed in the reaction. Sulphuric acid (H2SO4) and phosphoric acid (H3PO4) are the most commonly used acid catalysts.
Interestingly, these tests revealed strikingly high levels of phosphate and nitrate, two chemical compounds that exist naturally on the earth to aid the growth of organisms as nutrients. As the world’s agricultural needs transform, nitrates are often found in man-made fertilizers compared to its typical natural source . This increased use of fertilizers in farms
The human body transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cells by the help of hemoglobin - red protein molecule that comprise of four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound to a heme group - where it has the role of transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cells. Oxygen get transported through the bloodstream by hemoglobin, it binds to the smaller protein structures of hemoglobin to move throughout the bloodstream. Hemoglobin carries around 98% while traveling through the bloodstream. In contrast to oxygen, carbon dioxide is also get transported through the bloodstream by hemoglobin, where there is a structure of protein inside the hemoglobin that lets carbon dioxide binds to it so they can be moved through the
According to the graph on amylase activity at various enzyme concentration (graph 1), the increase of enzyme dilution results in a slower decrease of amylose percentage. Looking at the graph, the amylose percentage decreases at a fast rate with the undiluted enzyme. However, the enzyme dilution with a concentration of 1:3 decreased at a slow rate over time. Additionally, the higher the enzyme dilution, the higher the amylose percentage. For example, in the graph it can be seen that the enzyme dilution with a 1:9 concentration increased over time. However, there is a drastic increase after four minutes, but this is most likely a result of the error that was encountered during the experiment. The undiluted enzyme and the enzyme dilution had a low amylose percentage because there was high enzyme activity. Also, there was an increase in amylose percentage with the enzyme dilution with a 1: 9 concentrations because there was low enzyme activity.
Cow urine contains 24 types of salts as well as iron, calcium, phosphorous, carbonic acid, potash and lactose.
These wastes are derived from the liquid and food that the individual had consumed. In cases of compromised kidney function, the kidneys are no longer able to remove or filter wastes in the normal way. This means that wastes are left to accumulate in the bloodstream. When this scenario takes hold, it can negatively impact the patient 's electrolytes, therefore, positive action has to be taken to optimize the situation. When patients follow a renal diet it can help to slow down the advancement of total kidney failure, and ameliorate kidney function. Along with chloride and potassium, sodium represents one of the body 's main three electrolytes. The latter manipulate the fluids with enter and leave the body’s cells and tissues. Therefore, patients with renal disease must monitor their intake of electrolytes. Keeping a daily food dairy is essential (Nephcure), and will be of great benefit to the dietitian who can pinpoint certain details.
Nitrogen is the foundation for the growth of a crop of barley that will produce a sufficient yield. Applying fertilizer to the crop requires careful and necessary steps that will help determine the amount needed. Therefore step one, when determining nitrogen needs for the next growing year, it is important to find out how much nitrogen is left in the soil from the previous growing year. This process requires a soil sample test, which will give test results showing what type of nutrients are still left in the soil. “Step two, nitrogen is mineralized from the soil and made available for plant growth during the next growing season. The problem is there is no test for this so, in Southern Idaho, farmers use an estimation of around forty-five pounds acre” (Robertson and Stark). Step three, when following crops like sugar beets, potatoes, and onions, which have rapid residue decomposition, farmers do not have to use extra recommendations, for nitrogen, to break down those previous crop’s residue. However, if they have a crop that produces mature grain residue, which has low tissue nitrogen levels, farmers have to appl...
The nitrogen in ammonia makes many people think that it can double as fertilizer and promote plant growth. However, using household ammonia, which is present in many cleansers, can do more harm than good. Learning the ins and outs of this chemical and its effect on plant growth might make you think twice about using it.
... urea, or sulfate a few days before crop harvesting. Other ways of lessening the amount of nitrate accumulation in plants substantially include rational application of organic manure instead of inorganic nutrients, use of physiologically active substances, proper spray of nitrification inhibitors and molybdenum fertilizers, and growing plants under controlled environmental conditions. Strategies for reducing nitrate accumulation in plants are not being put in place is due to the fact that the information has not been translated into practice by farmers. Training and education of these farmers is important in developing new practices on reducing nitrate accumulation on their crops. It is essential for these farmers to understand the effects of high nitrate consumption on human health and at the same time the importance of minimizing nitrate content in plant tissues.
-Chemical fertilizers contain salt that is bad for the crop’s soil. It consumes the soil’s important nutrients and minerals that are normally found naturally in crop’s soil. Many people think that using chemical fertilizer will replenish the lost nutrients, but the fertilizer only replenishes nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. A lot of times, phosphorus is drained from the soil into groundwater. Phosphorus does not dissolve in water, causing water contamination to many water resources. It could hurt both crops and humans. The phosphorus can also cause soil to harden when the chemical fertilizer is used over a long time.