NEW METHOD FOR CONVERTING NITROGEN TO AMMONIA

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A research team at Cornell University has succeeded in converting nitrogen into ammonia using a long predicted process which has challenged scientists for decades. The achievement involves using a zirconium metal complex to add hydrogen atoms to the nitrogen molecule and converting it to ammonia, without the need for high temperatures or high pressure. "The value of our work is we have answered the very basic chemical question of how to take this very inert and unreactive nitrogen molecule and get it to a useful form.," says Paul Chirik assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology.