Nitrogen content of urea is about _______ percent

🔑 Key Points
📍 Urea:
→ It's Molecular Formula: CH4N2O or NH2CONH2.
→ It is nitrogenous fertilizer.
→ It has a 46% Nitrogen content.
→ Urea, also known as carbamide, is an organic compound.
→ Urea is readily soluble in water.
→ It is, perhaps, the cheapest among all the nitrogenous fertilizers based on the per-unit cost of nutrients.
→ It is a white, granular, solid and slightly hygroscopic fertilizer.
→ It can also be applied in solution form as a spray.
→ It is a straight fertilizer that supplies only one of the primary fertilizer elements i.e. Nitrogen.
→ Most of the crops respond effectively to the urea application.
→ When applied to the soil, urea undergoes decomposition in the presence of enzyme urease, secreted by soil microorganisms.
→ Conversion of urea into nitrate form due to decomposition is completed in about one week’s time.
→ Urea is somewhat resistant to leaching.