Fritz Haber

Marie Holloway Walden University 09/14/2017 The Chemical Reaction Between Ammonia And Bleach According to the BBC News (2011) Fritz Haber, a German Jewish scientist, who studied the thermodynamics of gas reactions, discovered the potential for fixation as a result of synthesizing chlorine and ammonia into a poisonous gas, which was later used to annihilate millions of Jews during…

The Haber process is used because it is the most energy efficient and economically favourable process currently used. The process involves combining hydrogen gas (H2), which was processed by steam reforming, and further refined by the Water-gas shift reaction…

Fritz Haber, also known as the “father of chemical weapons”, invented the Haber-Bosch process which synthesized ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. The Haber-Bosch process played a major role in World War 1 by changing the dynamic of tactics for war. Just three years before that on April 22, 1915, the German forces fired more…

Ammonia is a compound composed of nitrogen and hydrogen, having the formula NH3. The ammonia molecule is formed by sp3 orbitals as it has a tetrahedral geometry and a trigonal pyramidal shape. Ammonia has an experimentally determined bond angle of 106.7°, and an a bond length of 101.7 pm. The nitrogen atom in the molecule has a lone electron pair, which gives the molecule a dipole moment and polarity. Ammonia’s lone electron pair makes NH3 a base, a proton acceptor, and gives it the ability to…

The Manhattan Project began in the United States during World War II in efforts to produce a nuclear weapon that could combat Nazi Germany. The project began in 1942 when the task of building a nuclear bomb was given to the War Department. Colonel James C. Marshall established the offices at the Atlantic Division headquarters on Broadway in New York City, hence the name of the “Manhattan Engineer District (MED)” which would later be known as the Manhattan Project. A number of laboratories…

July 28, 1914 was the start of many things, the war started, alliances were formed, and technology bloomed. Tanks, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns were ground advancements technology created around 1914-1916. The machine guns could shoot 400-600 rounds a minute, the tanks could carry a large-calibre cannon, and the poison gas would cause vomiting, irritation to the eye, and severe coughing. These tools made a big impact on the war One of the three major technology created for the war were tanks. A…

The book, The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean explores each of the elements on the periodic table. The Disappearing Spoon focusses on the history of the Periodic Table by telling stories that show how each element affected the scientists that discovered it. For each element, Kean supplies an extensive backstory for its foundation, the common (or uncommon) uses of the element and other useful factoids about the matter. The author begins the novel with a physical description of the Periodic Table…

Fritz explains how the leadership organization for the chemical weapon…

nitrogen-based fertilizers for plants (204). However, a problem remained on how to extract nitrogen for plant use. Eventually, Fritz Haber and his partner Robert Le managed to extract nitrogen from ammonia. (208). Subsequently, the BASF gave the task of producing large amounts of ammonia to Carl Bosch. By combining Haber’s methods with his own, Bosch managed to develop the Haber-Bosch process in which nitrogen was extracted from the air and hydrogen from coal (210). Although many saw the need…

It is terribly frightening to me that I am a corn person, not by choice but chance. Genetically, I wasn’t supposed to eat corn as a fundamental part of my everyday diet. Yet, I have been born in an era where every item I have eaten or intend to eat is pretty much derived from corn. Unless I choose to eat free-range chickens, grass fed beef, pretty much grow my own vegetables and bake my own goods, I am a corn person (we are “corn chips walking” as Pollen puts it) comprised of processed corn…