However, nutrient release figures are generally based on highly-matured composts that have undergone an extensive period of controlled decomposition.

This result is in good agreement with the results of 60 years of the study of controlled decompositions in various organic peroxides.

It can be prepared by the controlled decomposition of IrFor the reduction of IrF with silicon powder or H in anhydrous HF.

Composting toilets differ from pit latrines, arborloo or tree bogs, all of which are forms of less controlled decomposition and may not protect groundwater from nutrient or pathogen contamination or provide optimal nutrient recycling.

Zinc nitrate has no large scale application but is used on a laboratory scale for the synthesis of coordination polymers, its controlled decomposition to zinc oxide has also been used for the generation of various ZnO based structures, including nanowires.

Compost (Compost) A stabilized product of controlled decomposition of an appropriate mixture of nitrogen- and carbon-bearing materials that have been piled, periodically mixed, subjected to heating above 55°C, then cured for an extended period of time (in a process designed to mitigate environmental damage) to produce humus as a soil amendment or fertilizer.