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Haber-Bosch process

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Haber-Bosch process  (häbr-bôsh)
n.
See Haber process.
[After Fritz Haber and Karl Bosch (1874-1940), German chemist.]
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Noun1.Haber-Bosch process - an industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst
Haber process
industrial process - a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something
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Karl Bosch engineered a large scale plant based on the reaction and the Haber-Bosch process is still the basis for industrial ammonia production.
Alternative fuels: taking a second look at ammonia by McClintock, Joe; Holbrook, John / National Defense
Later he worked on the Haber-Bosch process, a method which uses an iron catalyst to extract nitrogen from the air, and which has revolutionised agriculture with the advent of manufactured fertilisers.
Nobel prize for chemist who shed new light on ozone layer by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
For instance, in his book Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production, Vaclav Smil argues that roughly two-thirds of the world's food harvest depends on the Haber-Bosch process, the technique developed in the early 20th century to synthesize ammonia fertilizer from fossil fuels.
Can organic farming feed us all? by Halweil, Brian / World Watch
 
 
 
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