摘要:
Provided is a raw material for phosphate fertilizer having excellent fertilizer characteristics, which raw material consists essentially of a slag containing phosphate generated from dephosphorization reaction in molten iron, and is a method for manufacturing the raw material suitable for manufacturing the phosphate fertilizer. The raw material for phosphate fertilizer consists essentially of a slag containing phosphate generated from dephosphorization reaction in molten iron. As for the slag composition, the phosphate content satisfies the formula (1), and preferably the formula (2): [P 2 O 5 ] ≧ 5.6 x [F] + 7 [P 2 O 5 ] ≧ 5.6 x [F] + 10 where, [P 2 O 5 ] is the phosphate content in slag, (mass%), and [F] is the fluorine content in slag, (mass%). The method for manufacturing the raw material thereof is a method of charging an oxygen source and a CaO source to a molten iron which decreases the Si concentration therein to a sufficient level, thus inducing the dephosphorization reaction in the molten iron, or a method of charging a CaO source and a gas oxygen in respective specified configurations and conditions to the molten iron, thus inducing the dephosphorization reaction in the molten iron.