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DIY experimental reactor harnesses the Birkeland-Eyde process
Nitrogen is critical for farming at scale and without some form of nitrogen to enrich the soil, we couldn’t grow staple crops efficiently enough to feed our large global population. Serious science goes into the production of fertilizers and the Birkeland-Eyde process was one early example. It uses electrical arcs to turn nitrogen in the […]
Marb is an enthusiastic citizen scientist and built his own experimental reactor to harness the Birkeland-Eyde process. The Birkeland-Eyde process was largely phased out a century ago, because it is inefficient due to the high energy requirements. Marb’s video ends with a demonstration, but he hasn’t yet refined the reaction process for maximum yields.
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