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Phosphates, compounds of the element phosphorus, are produced from relatively abundant supplies of phosphate rock, containing apatite, Ca3(PO4) · CaF2, together with up to 40 percent of other minerals and impurities.
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Gruber, G.A., Leyshon, D.W. (1992). Phosphorus and Phosphates. In: Kent, J.A. (eds) Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7691-0_10
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