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Known for the method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gases, Fritz Haber was, and still is, a well-known German chemist whose invention is used today for the production of fertilizers, cleaning products, and explosives. He was born on December 9, 1868, in Breslau, Prussia. Three weeks after being born, his mother passed away due to the toll her pregnancy took on her, thus leaving him to be raised in a Jewish household by his father, Siegfried, and several of his aunts.
Influenced from his father at young age, whilst attending a primary school for a mix of Catholic and Jewish students, Fritz began experimenting with chemistry. When he reached eightteen years old, he was able to convince his father that instead of apprenticing him in his family-owned business, a
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Sadly, due to an argument the two had, Frit'z first wife Clara committed suicide in their garden. Two years later, he remarried to a woman named Charlotte. They had two children, Eva-Charlotte and Ludwig-Fritz, but the marriage did not last. They soon divorced in 1927.
Then, in 1914, World War I began. Fritz, although too old to enlist, still proceeded to aid the troops by being one of many chemists to take a role in the development of the chemical warfare the troops used. Not only that, but he also managed to persuade many more scientists to enlist, and developed gas masks that could protect troops against chemical and gas warfare. He was even promoted to the rank of captain of the Chemistry Section in Ministry of War, which was very uncommon.
In 1918, Fritz reached a goal no previous scientist had ever reached before. Using high-pressure and four catalyst beds, he was able to produce ammonia by retracting hydrogen and nitrogen gases. This soon earned the title the Haber Process, or the Haber-Bosch Process. He soon earned a Nobel Piece Prize in Chemistry for his

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