7.1. NH4H2PO4-Urea-H2O Seven articles report solubility data in the NH4H2PO4-urea-H2O system1-7. Four of these articles1-3,7 present data on solutions in equilibrium with several solid phases. Two of these articles1,2 also contain sets of isotherms. The rest of the data4-6 deal with the solubility along sections having constant N/P2O5 ratios. The data of Blidin1 are scattered and the description of the solid phases at 25 °C is not convincing. In fact, a reasonable phase diagram, Fig. 13, can be constructed only if based on the data of Polosin2,3 and Polyakov, et al.6 Then, too, α- and γ- forms of urea are reported for solutions having higher urea contents and at higher temperatures2,3 and a β- form of NH4H2PO4 is mentioned by others4. However, such polymorphs seem to be inconsistent with the boundaries of the crystallization fields in the phase diagram. Therefore, any evaluation must await further investigation of the solubility of the polymorphs. Furthermore, the solubility polytherm on sections having a constant N/P2O5 ratio reported by Sarbaev, et al.7 and by Polyakov, et al.6 differ substantially from each other. Once again, further independent data are needed before any evaluation can be made. The heavy lines in Fig. 13, below, represent phase equilibria while the lighter lines represent isotherms at the temperatures indicated.
Kummel and Fahsl8 studied the closely related NH4H2PO4-CO(NH2)2·H3PO4-H2O system.