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Re:Stanford Researchers Produce Ammonia Fuel from Thin Air by seemaze on Thursday January 16, 2025 @11:36AM (#42727551)
The article mentions "Traditional methods for ammonia production require high temperatures and pressures" in reference to the existing Haber-Bosch process for producing NH3 from thin air, an interesting historic story on its own.

https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/turning-air-into-bread

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/73464/the-alchemy-o...

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Re:Stanford Researchers Produce Ammonia Fuel from Thin Air by trestacos on Thursday January 16, 2025 @12:23PM (#42728153)
+1 "alchemy of air" is a great read. The angle that would be most interesting to the HN crowd is that it exposed me to how much innovation was happening in chemistry in this pre-WWI era. Reminds me a bit of silicon valley.

The also a fascinating look at how the inventors got heavily caught up in WWI and WWII due to being in Germany and how tied up their industry became with government. Interesting to reflect on in current times.

Truly a great book.

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Re:Stanford Researchers Produce Ammonia Fuel from Thin Air by lancewiggs on Thursday January 16, 2025 @02:18PM (#42729624)
https://www.liquium.nz/ is working on reducing the energy (a lot) required for the Haber-Bosch process.
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