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Nature 427, 498-499 (5 February 2004) | doi:10.1038/427498a
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Inorganic chemistry: Ammonia transformed
Michael D. Fryzuk
Abstract
Ammonia is produced industrially by combining nitrogen and hydrogen gas, catalysed over a solid iron surface. How about a catalytic reaction that could take place in solution? The first steps have now been taken.
The synthesis of ammonia from its constituent elements, nitrogen and hydrogen, ranks as one of the most important discoveries in industrial catalysis1. It merited the award of two separate Nobel prizes — first to Fritz Haber in 1918 and then to Carl Bosch in 1931, recognizing the discovery of the process and its implementation, respectively.
- Michael D. Fryzuk is in the Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Email: fryzuk@chem.ubc.ca
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Hydrogenation and cleavage of dinitrogen to ammonia with a zirconium complexNature Letters to Editor (05 Feb 2004)
