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Ostwald process

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nitric acid production

  • In nitric acid

    …developed by the German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald in 1901, ammonia gas is successively oxidized to nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide by air or oxygen in the presence of a platinum gauze catalyst. The nitrogen dioxide is absorbed in water to form nitric acid. The resulting acid-in-water solution (about 50–70 percent…

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  • Wilhelm Ostwald.
    In Wilhelm Ostwald: Scientific career

    … to nitric acid, a patented process that is still used in the industrial production of fertilizers.

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