Nitrogen and magnesium compound fertilizer is an important
and efficient fertilizer in the fertilizer industry. It can solve
the problem of lack of sulfur, magnesium, and nitrogen in soil. MgCl2 can react with (NH4)2SO4 to produce Mg–N compound fertilizer. Therefore, the solid–liquid
equilibrium data and physical properties (density and viscosity) of
the quaternary system Mg2+, NH4
+//Cl–, SO4
2––H2O and its ternary subsystems Mg2+, NH4
+//Cl––H2O and Mg2+//Cl–, SO4
2––H2O at T = 303.15 K ± 0.05 K and P = 88.35 kPa were studied by an isothermal stripping equilibrium
method. According to the experimental data, the phase diagram and
physical property composition diagram of each system were drawn. The
ternary subsystem Mg2+, NH4
+//Cl––H2O contains two invariant points
and three crystallization regions. The ternary system Mg2+//Cl–, SO4
2––H2O contains four invariant points and five crystallization
regions. The quaternary system Mg2+, NH4
+//Cl–, SO4
2––H2O contains seven invariant points and nine crystallization
regions. MgCl2·NH4Cl·6H2O and MgSO4·(NH4)2SO4·6H2O exist in the quaternary system, and the quality
of crops can be significantly improved by using the latter kind of
complex salt. Therefore, this project is of great significance for
the production of N–Mg compound fertilizers from magnesium
resources in salt lake or other underground brines.