Question

molybdenum is used in manufacture of ammonia why

Answer 1

In this latest research, the University of Tokyo research group, working with researchers from Kyushu University, successfully developed and isolated the intermediate material that holds the key of the new method of ammonia synthesis and elucidated the reaction mechanism. In the ammonia synthesis process, electron transfer was taking place between two molybdenum atoms linked by a nitrogen molecule.

This result is an important step forward in the development of next-generation methods of nitrogen fixation to replace the current Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis, and may lead to the development of future environmentally-friendly means of ammonia synthesis and the achievement of significant cost-reductions.