How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

Erisman, Jan Willem; Sutton, Mark A.; Galloway, James; Klimont, Zbigniew; Winiwarter, Wilfried. 2008 How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world. Nature Geoscience, 1. 636-639. doi: 10.1038/ngeo325

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Abstract/Summary

On 13 October 1908, Fritz Haber filed his patent on the "synthesis of ammonia from its elements" for which he was later awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A hundred years on we live in a world transformed by and highly dependent upon Haber–Bosch nitrogen.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number/DOI:	doi: 10.1038/ngeo325
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry
CEH Sections:	Billett
ISSN:	1752-0894
NORA Subject Terms:	Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	17 Feb 2009 15:43
URI:	http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5517

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