Haber process

American  

noun

1. a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.

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Haber process British  

/ ˈhɑːbə /

noun

1. an industrial process for producing ammonia by reacting atmospheric nitrogen with hydrogen at about 200 atmospheres (2 × 10 ⁷ pascals) and 500°C in the presence of a catalyst, usually iron

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Etymology

Origin of Haber process

Named after Fritz Haber

Example Sentences

On another track, he breaks down the Haber process, in an attempt to cram for a Chemistry test.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2020

Bert de Jong at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California has his eye on applications in chemistry, such as finding alternatives to the Haber process for the manufacture of ammonia.

From Nature • Oct. 1, 2019

The commercial production of ammonia is by the direct combination of the elements in the Haber process:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The quality of Haber’s research is beyond critique—students today still learn about the Haber process of synthesizing ammonia, and its role in fertilizer manufacturing has eased famine.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2012

The nitrogen and the hydrogen for the Haber process must then be prepared and purified before trying to combine them into ammonia.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.