Exercises · 7.6
Q.How is ammonia manufactured industrially?
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Ammonia is manufactured industrially from its elements by the Haber process:
Step 2: Conditions used.
Since the forward reaction is exothermic and involves a decrease in the number of gas moles, high pressure (about 200 atm) and a moderately elevated temperature (about 700 K, a compromise between equilibrium yield and reasonable rate) are used, along with an iron catalyst (finely divided, admixed with a small amount of molybdenum as a promoter, and / as additional promoters in practice) to speed up attainment of equilibrium.
Step 3: Why these specific conditions. …
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