Haber process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The nitrogen-fixation reaction of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas, over an enriched iron or ruthenium catalyst, used industrially to produce ammonia.

Word forms

Haber process

Etymology

After German chemist Fritz Haber (1868–1934), who, along with Carl Bosch (1874–1940), developed the process in the first decade of the 20th century.

Synonyms

Haber-Bosch process ammonia process
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