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 ...
Currently, nitric acid—a crucial chemical for weapons production—must be synthesized from ammonia, tying the United States to ...
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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Making fuming nitric acid

It’s volatile, corrosive, and absolutely unforgiving. Making fuming nitric acid isn’t just chemistry—it’s controlled chaos High school student shot by ATF agent in Aliquippa dies at hospital Trump ...