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phosphorous
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Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
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Milk contains a range of nutrients, including calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and vitamin B12.
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) July 21 , 2014Just spoke to director of Shifa Hospital, who said that as of this morning they have not received any injured with phosphorous burns.
ALGAL blooms happen when waste water from farms, factories and dwellings carries large amounts of normally scarce nutrients like nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous into rivers, lakes and seas.
These smaller organisms are also stimulated by nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients running off the land.
The usual approach has been to rely on photosynthesis to feed the bugs, which then suck the nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous out of the water as they grow.
There have been credible allegations that individual soldiers broke rules banning the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields sent first into properties where fighters may be holed up; that civilians known not to pose any military threat were killed in cold blood and that Israeli forces used white phosphorous over built-up areas.
Acidic soil, with little phosphorous and lots of toxic aluminium, was rebalanced, and crops were specially bred for Brazil's tropical environment.
One of the best-known, if more commonplace, inventions was the safety match, after a Swedish professor developed a non-toxic type of phosphorous, and stuck it on the side of match boxes.
There is also the alleged use of white phosphorous shells: permitted as a smokescreen, but not over civilian areas.About 1,000 Palestinians have been killed, among them more than 400 women and children, in nearly three weeks of fighting.
It is then infused with calcium, oxygen and phosphorous in a series of chemical steps, to create a hydroxyapatite scaffold with the same structure as the original wood.
What makes the spot red is unknown, and speculation has ranged from sulfur and phosphorous compounds to organic material such as carbon compounds produced by lightning or chemical reactions with sunlight.
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