Ostwald process
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The Ostwald process is a chemical process used for making nitric acid. The Ostwald process is a mainstay of the modern chemical industry, and it provides the main raw material for the most common type
A laboratory setup illustrating the consecutive steps of the Ostwald process for making nitric acid.
Ammonia
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Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. A stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinctive pung
Ostwald process
…production. Historically and practically, the Ostwald process is closely associated with the Haber process, which provides the requisite raw material, ammonia (NH3). This method is preferred over other methods of nitric acid production because it is less expensive and more efficient. Ammonia is converted to…
A train carrying anhydrous ammonia through Bray, Ireland
Liquid ammonia bottle
Jabir ibn Hayyan wrote about ammonia in the 9th century
This high-pressure ammonia reactor was built in 1921 by BASF in Ludwigshafen and was re-erected on the premises of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.