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Haber process

noun

  1. a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.


Haber process

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noun

  1. an industrial process for producing ammonia by reacting atmospheric nitrogen with hydrogen at about 200 atmospheres (2 × 10 7pascals) and 500°C in the presence of a catalyst, usually iron
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Origin of Haber process1

Named after Fritz Haber
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Haber process1

named after Fritz Haber (1868–1934), German chemist
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On another track, he breaks down the Haber process, in an attempt to cram for a Chemistry test.

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Bert de Jong at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California has his eye on applications in chemistry, such as finding alternatives to the Haber process for the manufacture of ammonia.

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First, nitrogen gas must be converted into ammonia through the Haber process, which is notorious for its low reaction efficiency.

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Textbooks talk about the Haber process, named after German chemist Fritz Haber, who made the theoretical breakthrough, but it is more properly called the Haber–Bosch process.

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The Haber process alone contributes significantly to greenhouse gas production: first, hydrogen is produced through steam-reformation of natural gas, which is then combined with nitrogen gas from the atmosphere at incredibly high temperature.

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