The increasing demand for explosives during World War I exceeded the ammonia production capacities of the Oppau works of BASF, who owned the patents for the Haber process.
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Ammonia was first manufactured using the Haber process on an industrial scale in 1913 in BASF's Oppau plant in Germany, reaching 20 tonnes per day the following year.
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So, one method to solve the initial question is to decay the urea into ammonia ( via hydrolysis )-and then use the ammonia into a reversed Haber process.
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Three to five percent of the world's natural gas production is consumed in the Haber process ( around 1 2 % of the world's annual energy supply ).
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Prior to the introduction of the Haber process for the production of ammonia in 1913, nitric acid was produced using the Birkeland Eyde process, also known as the arc process.
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Uranium and osmium were early successful catalysts in the Haber process, the nitrogen fixation reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen to produce ammonia, giving enough yield to make the process economically successful.
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Similar processes, like the Haber Process, led to the manufacture of ammonia ( NH 3 ) by the combining of nitrogen, found in air, with high volumes of hydrogen.
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By using ammonia derived from the Haber process, the final product can be produced from nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen which are derived from air and natural gas as the sole feedstocks.
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Before the development of the Haber process, ammonia had been difficult to produce on an industrial scale with early methods such as the Birkeland Eyde process and Frank Caro process all being highly inefficient.
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Besides his researches to Petroleum he also studied the properties of Ozone and from 1903 he was a Member in the Board of the BASF, where he took affect on the development of the Haber process.
