Phosphorite and Its Diverse Applications

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In what industry are phosphates used for the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy?

  • Medicine (correct)
  • Cosmetics industry
  • Food for livestock
  • Production of phosphoric acid

What is one of the industrial purposes for which Egyptian rock phosphate is exported to major countries like Japan?

  • Treatment of water
  • Production of phosphoric acid (correct)
  • Use in the cosmetics industry
  • Production of phosphate chemical compounds

What is a common use of phosphate in the food industry?

  • Included in cheese products (correct)
  • Used as an acid in fermentation
  • Used as a feed for livestock
  • Used as a nutritional supplement in cow's milk

Where can diagenetic phosphate be found within limestone, mudstone, and sandstone?

<p>As nodules or cement replacing calcareous skeletal grains (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the uses of calcined phosphate containing a small percentage of fluorine?

<p>Feeding herds of cattle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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