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Learn about the properties of ammonia and its uses, especially as a fertilizer

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Haber
Fritz Haber Summary
Fritz Haber was a German physical chemist and winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his successful work on nitrogen fixation. The Haber-Bosch process combined nitrogen and hydrogen to form ammonia in industrial quantities for production of fertilizer and munitions. Haber is also well
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley Summary
Joseph Priestley was an English clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist whose work contributed to advances in liberal political and religious thought and in experimental chemistry. He is best remembered for his contribution to the chemistry of gases. Priestley was born into a family