The End of Haber Bosch

Correction: 7:20 The electrons in this equation should have a "-" indicating negative charge. Billions of people rely on a single, hundred-year-old chemical reaction every day: nitrogen gas + hydrogen gas → ammonia. This simple, short reaction is a hidden monster: it consumes 1% of the world’s TOTAL energy supply and releases 2% of the world’s TOTAL carbon dioxide emissions. Join George on a quest to discover whether the Haber-Bosch reaction’s time is finally up. You might also like other Reactions videos: This Toxic Gas is Responsible for Almost All Our Food:    • This Toxic Gas is Responsible for Almost A...   How Can Fertilizer Explode?    • How Can Fertilizer Explode?   Why Calcium Hydroxide + Corn is Key to Understanding Western Civilization (and Tacos)    • Why Calcium Hydroxide + Corn is Key to Und...   This is made of plants. Why do we call it “meat”?    • Lab-grown, Plant-based, Real – What Is The...   This Chemistry life hack is a lie:    • this chemistry life hack is a lie   Credits: Executive Producer: Matthew Radcliff Producers: Elaine Seward Andrew Sobey Darren Weaver Writer: Andrew Sobey Host: George Zaidan Scientific Consultants: Alexandr Simonov, Ph.D. Leila Duman, Ph.D. Brianne Raccor, Ph.D. Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Reactions is a production of the #AmericanChemicalSociety. © 2023 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. Sources: https://cen.acs.org/environment/green... https://cen.acs.org/environment/green... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/artic... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24242.... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4192... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-04...