How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world
Authors: Erisman JW, Sutton MA, Galloway J, Klimont Z, Winiwarter W
Publication Year: 2008
Reference: Nature Geoscience, 1(10):636-639 (Published online 28 September 2008) (October 2008)
Abstract
Although over 78% of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen, it exists in its chemically and biologically unusable gaseous form. Haber discovered how ammonia, a chemically reactive, highly usable form of nitrogen, could be synthesized by reacting atmospheric dinitrogen with hydrogen in the presence of iron at high pressures and temperatures.
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