The Haber process included an iron catalyst. This was the essential element. He won the nobel prize for feeding the world.

@prelawnoob

Жыл бұрын

Fed the world by ways of science

@12-j3melendezaeronjirob.3

Жыл бұрын

@@prelawnoob Sinner or a saint?

@matteloht

Жыл бұрын

Well, not quite. Haber originally used Osmium and Uran as catalysts but the process was developed further by scientist and engineers of the chemical company BASF that 1st used an iron oxide mixed catalyst.

@Chiro-fy7pw

Жыл бұрын

@@12-j3melendezaeronjirob.3 Father of toxic gas and chemical warfare

@CarwynAndrews

4 ай бұрын

His dark creation has been revealed

If I copy and paste this on my GCSE chemistry, will I get a 9?

@simply-FBI

4 жыл бұрын

Richard S-C yes... 9/100

@joem7188

4 жыл бұрын

Richard S-C 😂

@user-qj1yo6sy7g

4 жыл бұрын

and now our GCSE is gone BOOM T_T

@mrvaratharajan8069

3 жыл бұрын

You won't!

@MrMischelito

3 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't, because it is very inaccurate and at some times even wrong. I usually expect more from Ted-Ed.

It's amazing that bacteria can fix nitrogen more efficiently with a simple enzyme (nitrogenase) than the Haber process can with it's extremely high pressures and temperatures. This is pretty profound and, as a microbiologist, it is one of the things that amazes me most about microbes.

@nazzzirismail

Жыл бұрын

the Haber process actually wants to be at the lowest possible temperature as the forward reaction is endothermic

@danielcreatd872

Жыл бұрын

@@nazzzirismail The Haber process could theoretically run at a lower temperature, and while that would be better from an equilibrium point perspective, the reaction speed would be slowed down significantly. Bacteria fixing nitrogen isn't that efficient when you consider the slow speed.

@nazzzirismail

Жыл бұрын

@@danielcreatd872 no yeah youre right but just in general terms equilibrium lies to the left at high temperatures in the Haber process :)

@andrewdoesyt7787

11 ай бұрын

Then why don’t we industrially produce ammonia from bacteria?

this is my favorite TED video of all time, so informative and effective

@jialugu8352

4 жыл бұрын

can not agree more,.this process also can make nitric acid ,and nitric acid can be use to make smokeless gunpowder

@abdulhaif9112

4 жыл бұрын

jialu gu The process that is used to produce nitric acid from ammonia is called Ostwald process.

@mrvaratharajan8069

3 жыл бұрын

Really?!

@MrMischelito

3 жыл бұрын

Mostly, it is scientifically really inaccurate and at some times very wrong, but maybe it helps make the concept easier to grasp for casuals/non-chemists. Yes, it is very fascinating technology, but unfortunatly much of the energy that is put into making ammonia (and the Haber-Bosch process needs a lot (!) of energy) is simply converted to "bio"-fuels which makes them very not "green" besides adding to the very problematic pollution of water bodies (mentioned in the clip) and problematic extend of transformation of free land and forests into farmland.

Really well made video, interesting historical insight too. Thank you TED and keep up the good work.

I was trying to understand what haber's process and got tired, so I went to take a break and found this video!!!! Now I understand way better!!! THANKS!!

This really helped me for my chemistry presentation on Haber process. Thankyou so much. I wish you could do one for Ostwald and Contact as well

That video is awesome! Thanks to the creators: They explained such a difficult topic so well!

After such an uplifting and impressive video, I was not expecting it to get really dark at the end.

Your videos are very informative, helpful and fun to learn with outstanding visuals!

GREAT to see a break from the animation from Ted-Ed, not to mention the informative video

Very nicely presented, the mind is so intricately made and to think we don't even tap all it's resources. Thank God for the human mind how it is use for the greater benefit of their fellow human beings...

all ur videos are so helpful i have my ig's after a week and seriously thanks to u i am enjoying studying!!

This video summed up what i learned in chem and bio today.Great vid!

this video is awesome it explained what the harbour process was to me so clearly

Perfect video. Really explains it well.

An Informative Masterpiece !! Ted Ed's Animation is so good

the most beautiful and interesting educational video i have seen so far!!!

watching this before my final chemistry exam really helped

great use of focus in video! Liked

I feel like this is missing an important footnote on Fritz Haber

@jamesjeffery1686

4 жыл бұрын

HA

@MegaSirpaul

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, only showing one side of the Fritz Haber story.

@renameagain5808

2 жыл бұрын

Explain

@user-fs6ll2wu6o

2 жыл бұрын

@@renameagain5808 Fritz Haber developed chemical weapons for the Germans

@faxingitin

4 ай бұрын

Gas, chemicals, ww1, Ww2….. connect the dots….

why have i been watching ted x videos for years and never knew this channel was a thing! im glad i found it.

amazing science. nicely presented thanks for this motivation

Haber wasn't the first to create artificial fertilizer. That credit goes to Kristian Birkeland with the invention of the Birkeland-Eyde process creating nitric acid also taking nitrogen from the air. Problem is that it takes a large amounts of electricity. Haber's method was a lot more cost efficient.

Thnx a lot!!! Really helped!

one of the best ted vid.

Thank you so much, this was so clear!

All this while I thought his name was pronounced "hey-bur"

@tchaivorakfauresohnsieg9532

3 жыл бұрын

Germans pronounce 'a' as aa and mostly r is silent in german language

I remember meeting ppl from a rural farming town in Mexico, they had so much nitrogen in their water that the whites of their eyes were actually sky blue. With their help, we all building a new well, up stream from their crops and cattle to deliver uncontaminated water.

That was sooo Beautiful!💎💎💎

Extremely informative. Thanks :)

Please add nitrogen or Harber or fertilizer to the title of this lesson so more people can find this video. It is very hard to find but very well done.

Beautiful...just beautiful. Great job!

@vgoated.524

3 жыл бұрын

7 years ago 😳

where can I get that background music

In addition the the problems stated, the use of fertilizer after WWII largely contributes to the continuing decline of bee populations which could threaten our food production in the near-ish future. So while it was great for a while, it was something instated at the same time that we used nuclear weaponry without fully knowing long term effects. Sound familiar?

THANK YOU TED ED

Haber was a genius, but lets not forget that he's also remembered as the father of chemical warfare. Without Haber's work, we wouldn't have goodies such as nerve agents and CX.

@lmgesus

2 жыл бұрын

based

Beautiful video

Nicely explained.

A long ago in eastern Prussia Young men with great ambitions rise So who can tell me who can say for sure Which one will win the Nobel Prize?

Awesome video.....

My favourite video of TED

Great video, very informative, good science. Not sure about the end though: 'Haber did not foresee this problem when he introduced his invention...' It should be noted that Haber used his talents and discoveries to lead the German war effort in WWI, including vigorously pioneering and championing the chemical warfare program.

@amisawsan

4 жыл бұрын

yeah but he did not know his invention would eventually lead to that

@stephenordog3192

4 жыл бұрын

You can’t ignore the intent here. His research was predicated on producing explosives and chemical warfare weapons for a fascist army. He should not be glorified for his discovery, no matter how it has benefited society.

@udith

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenordog3192 But Germany in ww1 was not fascist. Infact it was better than UK

@musiccer7446

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenordog3192 Germany in WW1 really wasn’t worse then it’s enemies. They didn’t even start the war. Fascist Germany was ww2 not ww1

@leetaylor1593

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenordog3192 Bruh, fascist Germany literally kicked him out out he program and his country because he was BORN Jewish. The country he lost everything for in WW1 stabbed him in the back in WW2.

let's not pretend fritz haber was a great man trying to save the world through creating fertilizer. He was much more interested in turning the nitrogen into bomb making materials. that point aside, it was a pretty good video. I've not seen the process so eloquently explained.

@funestis

10 жыл бұрын

Not only that, he was advocate for using the chemical weapons in 1st WW and developed him self few weapons and methods to deploy those, he have the infamous title of Father of Chemical Warfare. Non the less the Haber Process is one of greatest inventions of all times and that Nobel Prize went in the right hands regardless that those hands were drenched in blood at later time.

@ryandean3162

10 жыл бұрын

funestis Actually, he won the Nobel Prize after WWI and all the chemical warfare stuff.

@funestis

10 жыл бұрын

Ryan Dean thanks for correction :D I checked, so he won the prize in 1918 and received it in 1919.

Thank you!

The video is made great, but I miss the mentioning of the uncertainty if fertilizer is really necessary. Cause as you say the gross of it is washed away and thus gone for good - or rather for bad.

Of course Haber knew the value large scale synthesis of ammonia would be to agriculture. During WWI the priority was ammonium nitrate, (NH4)(NO3) for explosives. Prior to Haber-Bosch (NH4)(NO3) was produced from guano. In fact battles were fought for Pacific and Atlantic islands with large deposits during and many years prior to WWI. Industrial production was immensely more cost effective than hauling thousands of tons of guano thousands of miles. Gunpowder was without question the motivation for Haber-Bosch in 1913. Post WWI BASF became the first large scale manufacturer of agricultural (NH4)(NO3). Jay Wilkins

Omg ty for this lesson

very cool background for graphic at 3:33

@user-lv4ce1vp5o

4 жыл бұрын

Hi

thank you so much

nitrogenase in Azotabacter Vinelandii fixes nitrogen at normal pressure and temperatures.

La creación no es un acto de casualidad estos procesos naturales tienen su respaldo que recaen en la responsabilidad humana somos hijos de la tierra por eso desarrollamos tecnologias verdes para ayudar a restablecer el equilibrio o acaso pensamos que esto no estaba previsto 7000 millones que alimentar o más....mis respetos.

and that is why kids, you dont waste food it takes a lot of work

When did I say anything about culling.I only suggested that like many of our other wonderful inventions as a species they often have a double edge. The Neolithic agricultural revolution was also double edged. Along with plentiful food came tooth decay class exploitation wars epidemic diseases etc. As a species humanity suffers from chronic amnesia(despite our glorious written histories, another gift from the Neolithic era ).

What are the conditions required to maximize the yield of Ammonia??

Dude, 1 2 3 You Rock ! Awesomely Boomed My Mind Within JUST A Flick ? I Directly Learned Each & Every Step Showned :) :P

@EggiTheShadow

9 жыл бұрын

Actually it wasn't that great, he didn't explain how the 3 different different reactions occurred in the machine at 3:53, and that's the most important part!

How did you animate the graph and other things like 1:38 to 1:44 ? thanks!

Ikr Altorin

Haber process~! chemical equation that feed the world~ Amazing~!

@jarrodjames1820

4 жыл бұрын

Also killed millions which he neglected to say

@annazhang9342

4 жыл бұрын

Zefall arise yet again by this necromancer

@annazhang9342

4 жыл бұрын

Zefall no problem, abracadabra always my guy

@perrymraz9948

4 жыл бұрын

What sorcery is happening here😂😂😂😅

@walikazmi7613

3 жыл бұрын

@@jarrodjames1820 ah yes

Pure cleverness!

Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare His dark creation has been revealed Flow over no man’s land, a poisonous nightmare A deadly mist on the battlefield

@boris001000

Жыл бұрын

bruh nice!

@FloofyTanker

21 күн бұрын

Sabaton 🤟

I like this style of video

3:45 "if you're in a crowded room, sets of two people just started merging into one, most natural thing in the world"

As a farmer I'm glad to see someone that understands what we do is important..

@johnnymitchellcollier

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for all you do my man

beautiful

Rocks on earth release plant available/bioavailable nitrogen by weathering, maybe people just need to grind up rocks to replace the haber Bosch process and avoid the consequences of ammonia byproducts

The video didn't mention the dark side of Fritz Haber, but maybe it could be squeezed into another video?

I'm hungry now!!! 😫

@vgoated.524

3 жыл бұрын

its been 4 years have u ate yet ?

@rithvikO_o

3 жыл бұрын

@@vgoated.524 lmao fr

I feel like the more we work on something its going to have to effects on earth good or bad it help in the begging but something goes wrong in the end so this is great for now but something better will come out. those are my thoughts

This a great lesson in equilibrium, LeChatelier’s principle, and fixing nitrogen, unfortunately the video did not nearly tell the entire story. First a catalyst was needed along with the other “stressors” like increasing the concentration of the reactants and increasing the pressure (that was mentioned) to make the reaction viable because the Keq for the reaction is very small (~ 10^-5) It would of been great to mention how Haber overcame this? The reaction is exothermic so why did he still use a higher temperature?? So much meat that was left on the bone especially THE HISTORY! Fritz Haber was after making more bombs which requires natural forms of nitrates like ammonium nitrate to be mined that his country was exhausted. Because of the naval blockade on Germany, his country could not import the necessary raw ingredients, especially from places like Peru so the WWI was going to end earlier for Germany if Haber did not figure out how to make nitrates out of the nitrogen that was in the air. Ammonia once made is easily converted to the explosive nitrates used in ammunition and bombs. His main goal was to feed the war machine not the population. The result of it leading to fertilizers is great contribution to society but not Haber’s primary reason for developing the process. Haber was about winning the war so that there might be a time to use the new fertilizers feed his countries growing population in the future. His Nobel Prize was controversial because he extended WWI and thousands more suffered on both sides but his process would prevent massive world hunger in future. Great video on the selected topics that wanted to be highlighted but so much more could have been taught in chemistry and in history. Sometimes they just need to taught together.

Your little purple and gold bars at 2:30 are misleading. The graph on the top correctly shows that the amount of ammonia never actually decreases, it just stops increasing. But the little gold bar on the right, which presumably represents the same thing, goes down.

Surprised Ted has kept the video on KZread

Thing is, Haber didn't develop this way of making nitrate for crops, he made it to be used in gunpowder for Germany during WWI.

@saarbrooklynrider2277

2 жыл бұрын

1908 is not 1914

what's the music in the background?

I am not a chemist but may have an idea to a new haber-bosch process.

Transformar amônia em combustível parece agora razoável..

Plants actually can take nitrogen out of the air. Many plants in the Fabaceae family have a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen sequesting bacteria.

Can u make another video abbout fertilizer

Nice

Hungry people do not invent and study, few people are content with plenty. As one one once said "necessity is the mother of invention" What was neglected in this video is that ammonia is and awesome refrigerant albeit somewhat noxious but much more environmentally friendly than Freon. Weigh the balance and I believe it a net positive that allows humans to grow, explore, expand and potentially derive the new frontiers that our descendants will prosper from.

I read in a manga that this can be used to make gunpowder but i dont see how

nice explanation, sad that it is shown as a THE solution, but the consequences are only mentioned in a split second (acidification, eutrophication, biodiversity loss etc)

The beginning of this video makes a lot of statements about the necessity of this process regarding our capacity to feed ourselves that are neither cited nor peer reviewed. True, this has boosted productivity/acre but it is also true that the food system is so complex economically, that to make such a claim is preposterous. Especially in light of the industrial food economy only representing 30% of the world food production. Topsoil is being lost at an astonishing rate in the US and it is because soil is used as a holder for the nitrogen spray, which goes straight into the gulf of mexico. Im curious if it really truely is necessary to have this process, because it requires natural gas to perform, how long it will remain economic. (Hint: it is not economic now, its just subsidized. ) See: navdanyainternational.org/the-farmers-crisis/ See: Documentary King Corn

@hamyncheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate your thoughtful and intelligent comment. I'm convinced that youtube is a den of ignorance spreading shiny nonsense.

@haliax8149

2 жыл бұрын

It's very economic. Fertilizer plants are lucrative, and newly commissioned plants are operating at 90% energetic efficiency. It was profitable when gas was $10 / million Btu. Is that where gas is now? Nope. Typical price is $3.00 - $4.00. Net profits of $200 - $300 per ton sold.

somehow this made the seemingly most boring topic in gcse chemistry actually interesting. amazing.

Buen vídeo

Muy edUCATIVO “!!!!Ç

Here at 2020 !

Interesting point of vew even thought there is still billons of people with hunger

Here's a fun story for you. Haber didn't invent the concept. The concept was invented by Kristian Birkeland and Sam Eyde in Norway in 1903, known as the Birkeland-Eyde process. It needed a lot of electrical power, so after our liberation in 1905, Eyde convinced the Norwegian government to go big on hydroelectric power, because this would be an endless resource since the water will keep flowing and people will need food. We therefore knew that the hydroelectric power had to remain the property of the people. But in 1910, the Haber-Bosch process was invented and it was much more energy efficient. So suddenly Norway had a lot more power than we needed and that could be used for hydrogen and aluminium and Norwegian industry could flourish. Then in the late 1960s, we found oil and gas and because of the decision we made with the hydroelectric power, we nationalized the oil as we had with the waterfalls before. So actually, the reason why Norway is the richest country in the world, is not the oil and gas, but the invention of artificial fertilizer.

chemistry is probably the most beautiful subject

Regenerative agriculturists would say that the Haber process was the worst thing to happen to the world. Many would claim that inorganic fertilizers are killing the earths soils in the long term, causing global warming, and will ultimately cause worldwide famine.

What is the name of music ?

As with music everything resonates to a frequency, just as a crystal radio picks up on vibrations , so do plants.

@JusdoinstuF

6 жыл бұрын

interesting you say that, do humans resonate to a frequency? If so, where can i learn more?

como quebrar a amônia?

Good video

Fritz Haber's priority wasn't even to save people, he wanted to just keep Germany armed with weapons for WW1. One of the main ingredients to make bombs in nitrates, so this process for aimed for this purpose. The dude that wanted to kill people with his inventions, ended up saving most of the world from starvation. "He Who Should Not be Named did great things...terrible... But great..." - Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone. This quote links so much to Fritz Haber, it's unreal.

Fritz Haber was a mess up dude. He invented his process to make ammonia to keep Germany up to pace with a supply of explosives. He also had some weird relationships with his lady friends. Kind of ironic that he wanted to make explosives but made a life-saving ammonia supply. Kooky.

I can listen this to sleep

That part at the end about ammonia being transported away from crops has literally nothing to do with the production process yet the narrator implies it can be fixed that way...

I mean, I would have said penicillin, but how to make ammonia is good too