• eleitl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Haber-Bosch approach to breaking the nitrogen triple bond takes a lot of energy in terms of high pressure and temperature which is not present in the product, hence wasted. Ammonia is a fertilizer either as gas or as ammonium nitrate, and too precious to burn.

    Another random fact: half of the energy present in liquid hydrogen has been spent on its liquification.