Haber process

Period

1909

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The Haber process, also called the Haber-Bosch process, is the main industrial method of producing ammonia. It converts nitrogen from the air into ammonia by reacting it with hydrogen over an iron catalyst at high temperature and pressure. Fritz Haber demonstrated it in 1909 at Karlsruhe, and Carl Bosch scaled it up at BASF; ammonia made this way for fertilizer now helps feed about half of the world's population.

Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1866Austro-Prussian War
2. 1871Unification of Germany
3. 1886Berne Convention
4. 1909Haber processThis page
5. 1914First Battle of the Marne
6. 1914–1918World War I
7. 1916Battle of Verdun

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