The direct synthesis of ammonia
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- 24 May 1905
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character
- Vol. 76 (508) , 167-174
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1905.0016
Abstract
It was shown in a recent paper on “ The Decomposition of Ammonia by Heat,”* that ammonia is decomposed almost (if not quite) completely when heated in a porcelain vessel at about 800° to 1100°, and that there is no sign of equilibrium between the ammonia and its decomposition products at any of the temperatures employed, 677° to 1111°. In order to discover if there is any such state of equilibrium, it was thought better to attempt to reach that state by synthesising ammonia instead of decomposing it, as the testing for and estimation of the ammonia could then be carried out with much greater accuracy.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: