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Haber process

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Haber process (hä`bər), commercial process for the synthesis of ammonia ammonia, chemical compound, NH3, colorless gas that is about one half as dense as air at ordinary temperatures and pressures. It has a characteristic pungent, penetrating odor.
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, NH3. Pure hydrogen and nitrogen gases are mixed in the appropriate proportion, heated to between 450°C; and 600°C;, compressed to about 1,000 atmospheres pressure, and passed over a catalyst. The reaction is 3H2+N2[right pointing harpoon over left pointing harpoon] 2NH3+heat. The ammonia gas is liquefied by rapid cooling; unreacted nitrogen and hydrogen are returned to the reaction chamber. This process, developed by Fritz Haber Haber, Fritz (hä`bər), 1868–1934, German chemist.
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 in 1909, was the first commercially important high-pressure chemical process.

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There are numerous types of electronic scrap materials that need to be qualified for use with the Haber process and this facility will begin generating the data necessary for a planned scale-up to a larger facility in the United States.
It further stated that the Haber process "extracted gold in bulk and in significantly less time than is possible with cyanide.
 
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