What is a plausible mechanism for the Haber process?
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Do you mean the reaction that forms ammonia? If so, it is the Haber Process.
N
2
+
3
H
2
⇔
2
N
H
3
A plausible mechanism (that I just thought up, actually) for this is:
N
≡
N
+
H
−
H
→
H
N
=
N
H
H
N
=
N
H
+
H
−
H
→
H
2
N
−
N
H
2
H
2
N
−
N
H
2
+
H
−
H
→
N
H
3
+
N
H
3
where each step is a reduction step of nitrogen transferring electrons to grab both hydrogen in each step (one N single bond e- pair is donated to a hydrogen, and one e- pair from the hydrogens is donated to break the single bond and bond to the other, cationic nitrogen).
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The Haber Process combines nitrogen from the air with hydrogen derived mainly from natural gas (methane) into ammonia. The reaction is reversible and the production of ammonia is exothermic. The catalyst is actually slightly more complicated than pure iron.
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