When the urine pH becomes too alkaline, there is an increased risk of formation of struvite (also known
as magnesium ammonium phosphate) bladder crystals and / or stones.
After separation of the solid fraction, the released phosphate dissolved in the liquid fraction can be precipitated
as magnesium ammonium phosphate and calcium phosphate, which in turn are directly usable as high value fertilising salts.
Not exact matches
Biochar increases the pH of acidic soil, and helps it to retain nutrients such
as ammonium, calcium,
magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.
Struvites are also known
as triple phosphate uroliths, a term dating from an old, incorrect assumption that the struvite crystal's phosphate ion was bound to three positive ions instead of just
magnesium and
ammonium.
The most common crystal is the struvite crystal, also known
as the triple phosphate crystal or the
magnesium ammonium phosphate crystal.
If you have a cat with a struvite (
ammonium -
magnesium - phosphate) bladder or urinary tract problem, read this article
as well.
(Struvite is also occasionally referred to
as «Triple Phosphate» due to an old erroneous belief that the phosphate ion was bonded to 3 positive ions instead of just
magnesium and
ammonium.)
A diet overloaded with the mineral
magnesium can predispose your kitty to
magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals, also known
as MAP crystals or struvite crystals.
Struvite crystals and stones form
as a result of urine that is over-burdened with
magnesium,
ammonium and phosphorus
as well
as an alkaline urinary pH.