Brief biographical information about the life of F. Haber - a German chemist and Nobel laureate. Investigation the reaction of nitrogen with hydrogen, which produces ammonia. The essence of Le Chatelier"s Principle. The main function of the catalyst.
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(“Ammonia and the Haber process”) The process of producing ammonia is called the Haber process. Great chemist Fritz Haber started his discovery with hydrogen and nitrogen in 1905. He tried to extract ammonia in order to get a nitric acid. The main problem of that time was the impetuous increasing in population. It led to the decreasing of amount of natural resources of fertilizers. So, the main issue was to get fertilizers that would be in excess with nitrogen. Haber was not the only one who tried to synthesize ammonia with using the reaction between nitrogen and hydrogen. But other methods required 1000°C temperature. However, Mr. Haber did not gave up and after a series of experiments, he came to the conclusion that ammonia could be extracted at the temperature of 300°C.