Haber–Bosch process

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The Haber–Bosch process is an industrial chemical method for synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen, enabling large-scale fertilizer production and revolutionizing global agriculture.

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Haber–Bosch process canonical 6
Bosch–Haber process 1
Haber process 1

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instanceOf ammonia synthesis process
chemical process
industrial process
associatedWithAward Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Carl Bosch
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Fritz Haber
competesWith biological nitrogen fixation
contributesTo anthropogenic nitrogen cycle alteration
greenhouse gas emissions
developedBy Carl Bosch
Fritz Haber
developedIn early 20th century
developedInCountry Germany
enables large-scale ammonia production
large-scale fertilizer production
estimatedShareOfHumanNitrogenFixation >90 percent
hasApplication explosives production
nitrogen fertilizer production
hasChemicalEquation N2 + 3 H2 ⇌ 2 NH3
hasDownside environmental pollution from reactive nitrogen
high energy consumption
hasImpactOn global agriculture
global food production
hasProcessType heterogeneous catalysis
industrializedBy BASF
isBasedOn nitrogen fixation
isConsidered one of the most important industrial inventions of the 20th century
isEquilibriumReaction true
isExothermic true
isKeyTechnologyIn 20th-century industrial chemistry
namedAfter Carl Bosch
Fritz Haber
operatesAtHigh pressure
temperature
operatingPressureRange typically 100–300 bar
operatingTemperatureRange typically 400–500 °C
produces ammonia
requires energy-intensive conditions
high-pressure reactors
supports synthetic fertilizer industry
typeOfNitrogenFixation industrial nitrogen fixation
usesCatalyst iron catalyst
usesFeedstock natural gas
steam-reformed methane
usesPromoter aluminum oxide
potassium oxide
usesReactant hydrogen
nitrogen
usesRecycle unreacted nitrogen and hydrogen
usesSeparationStep ammonia condensation

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Carl Bosch notableWork Haber–Bosch process
Fritz Haber knownFor Haber–Bosch process
Leunawerke usedProcess Haber-Bosch process
linked to: Haber–Bosch process
Carl Bosch knownFor Bosch–Haber process
subject linked to: Carl
linked to: Haber–Bosch process
Fritz Haber notableFor Haber–Bosch process
subject linked to: Haber
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918 basedOnWork Haber process
linked to: Haber–Bosch process
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918 basedOnWork Haber–Bosch process
Ostwald process dependsOn Haber–Bosch process
Ostwald process relatedProcess Haber–Bosch process