Fertilisers + Haber Process Flashcards
Making nitrogenous fertilisers
Use ammonia
What do fertilisers contain
Soluble nitrogen compounds
Making ammonia
Haver process
Reversible reaction
Can react both ways
Haver process
Nitrogen from air reacts with hydrogen from natural gas to form ammonia
Type of reaction when ammonia is formed
Exothermic
Dynamic equilibrium
Forward and backwards of reversible reaction happening simultaneously at same rate
Haber process: increase pressure
Increases yield and cost to do
Haber process: higher temp and why
Move to left , to favour endothermic reaction
Decrease yield
Haber process:Low temp
High yield, long time
Why high temp used for haver process
Increase rate if reaction, reach dynamic equilibrium quickly
Normal Haber process conditions
Iron catalyst
Temp: 450*c
Pressure : 200 atmospheres
What is yeast
Single felled fungus used for fermentation
Fermentation
Sugar—-yeast—-> ethanol carbon dioxide
Conditions required for fermentation
Anaerobic (air causes h2o and co2),warm (too low to slow,too high kills yeast)
Ethanol from crude oil
Hydration, ethene + steam—catalyst—> Ethanol
Advantages of each method of ethanol production
Hydration produces almost 100% ethene
Fermentation uses renewable resources
Making ethene
Dehydration- heating ethanol with catalyst
Homologous series
Same feature different number of carbon atoms