Complete the chart 16.3.9 · Q2
Q.Complete the chart. Name the catalyst used in: Haber's process of manufacture of ammonia.
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Step 1. Recall the reaction. N2(g) + 3H2(g) -> 2NH3(g), the industrial synthesis of ammonia by the Haber process.
Step 2. Identify the catalyst. This reaction is catalysed by finely divided iron; K2O and Al2O3 act as promoters (Al2O3 prevents the iron particles from fusing together, K2O promotes chemisorption of nitrogen atoms onto the iron surface), and molybdenum is also sometimes used as a promoter (this is standard industrial-chemistry knowledge, since the chart itself is left blank in the source for the student to fill in).
✓Final answer
Iron (Fe), promoted with K2O and Al2O3 (and sometimes Mo)
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