Bumpity Bump – now that I have a bit more time on my hands to revisit this topic.
Let’s try this another way.
What is it about the phosphorus in urine that lends itself to relatively easy extraction. My understanding is that urine contains soluble phosphates. However, other reaction paths beginning with phosphates require extremely high temperatures and specialised equipment to produce elemental phosphorus.
A related question,
What is it the deal with charcoal and cinnamon in this recipe? Charcoal I maybe get since it is a reducing agent. But cinnamon???
J.