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it was in 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process
by nixonpjoshua1 4y ago
it was in 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process
- k__ 4y ago"received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process," So, all good in HN land. Made my day, thanks.
- justinator 4y agoHe also invented Zyklon B.
- Karupan 4y agoVeritasium's recent video [0] on Haber is worth a watch in this context [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvknN89JoWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvknN89JoWo
- nvahalik 4y agoThe book “The Alchemy of Air” is a fascinating read.
- conradev 4y agonowadays there is a lot of interest[1] in the older and less-efficient Birkeland–Eyde process because you can scale it to the size of a trailer and deploy it on-site to farms: https://www.nitricity.co/ https://www.nitricity.co/ [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8133363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8133363/