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#587 - Geoffrey Drumm - The Land of Chem. Ancient Chemical Manufacturing Plants, Egyptian Blue and the Red Pyramid

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The Haber Process for the Industrial Scale Production of Ammonia

The modern chemical reactor operates on the exact same principles of physics that were involved in the operation of the red pyramid. So I have an idea that old Fritz Haber, in his research and trips to Egypt, also went inside the red pyramid, saw the chemical staining, smelled the ammonia,. And then he produced this apparatus for the industrial scale production of ammonia. It is literally designed as an homage to the place from whence it came. We find the first production of ammonia in a place called the temple of Jupiter in Egypt.

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