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Haber-Bosch process

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Haber-Bosch process

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Also known as Haber process

artificial nitrogen fixation process which is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia nowadays

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The Haber-Bosch process is an industrial method that creates ammonia by converting nitrogen from the air into a usable form, and it has become the primary way ammonia is manufactured worldwide today. This process matters because ammonia is a crucial ingredient in fertilizers and other products that feed much of the global population.

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Fritz Haber, 1918 The Haber process, also called the Haber–Bosch process, is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia. It converts atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) by a reaction with hydrogen (H2) using finely divided iron metal as a catalyst:

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