Haber process
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1. Haber process - Noun
2. Haber process - Proper noun
Meaning
an industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst
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Although it is unlikely that biomimetic methods that are competitive with the Haber process will be developed, intense effort has been directed toward understanding the mechanism of biological nitrogen fixation.
For example, consider the Haber process for the synthesis of ammonia (NH 3 ): :N 2 + 3 H 2 ⇌ 2 NH 3 In the above reaction, iron (Fe) and molybdenum (Mo) will function as catalysts if present.
Germany had no such resources, so the Haber process proved essential to the German war effort.
The Haber process relies on catalysts that accelerate the scission of this triple bond.
The Haber process produces ammonia (NH 3 ) from methane (CH 4 ) gas and molecular nitrogen (N 2 ).
The Haber process requires high pressures (around 200 atm) and high temperatures (at least 400 °C), routine conditions for industrial catalysis.