Modern fertilizer manufacturing uses the Haber-Bosch and Ostwald processes to fix aerial nitrogen as ammonia, then oxidize the ammonia to nitric acid. Having already created a Haber-Bosch reactor for ...
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DARPA wants to create nitric acid from thin air
Currently, nitric acid—a crucial chemical for weapons production—must be synthesized from ammonia, tying the United States to foreign exporters and presenting a supply chain risk in a future war.
A dump truck drives up a road in an open pit mine. The Fimiston Open Pit in Australia’s Goldfields–Esperance region produces roughly 24,000 kg of gold per year. Metal mining uses large amounts of ...
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