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Question
Copy and complete the following table relating to important industrial processes output refers to the product of the process not the intermediate steps.
| Name of process | Inputs | Catalyst | Equation for catalysed reaction | Output |
| Haber process | Hydrogen + | |||
|
Ammonia + |
Nitric acid |
Solution
| Name of process | Inputs | Catalyst | Equation for catalysed reaction | Output |
| Haber process |
Hydrogen + Nitrogen |
Iron | \[\ce{Na2(g) + 3H2 ⇌[Fe, Al2O3] 2NH3(g)}\] | Ammonia |
| Ostwald process |
Ammonia + |
Platinum | \[\ce{4NH3 + 5O2 ->[Platinum gauge][800°C] 4NO + 6H2O + Heat}\] | Nitric acid |
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