How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

Erisman, Jan Willem; Sutton, Mark A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6263-6341; Galloway, James; Klimont, Zbigniew; Winiwarter, Wilfried. 2008 How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world. Nature Geoscience, 1. 636-639. 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:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1038/ngeo325
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Billett (to November 2013)
ISSN:	1752-0894
NORA Subject Terms:	Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	17 Feb 2009 15:43 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5517

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1038/ngeo325

Programmes:

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Billett (to November 2013)

ISSN:

1752-0894

NORA Subject Terms:

Atmospheric Sciences