A Cleaner Way to Produce Ammonia | Newswise: News for Journalists

Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab

Polly Arnold, Division Director of Berkeley Lab's Chemical Sciences Division, with Matt Hernandez, a graduate student researcher. Hernandez is using a glove box in the lab where the ammonia research was conducted.

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Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab

Members of Polly Arnold’s research group and the team behind this work. From left: Jaden Lara, Anthony Wong, Polly Arnold, Matt Hernandez, and Jimmy Liu.

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Credit: Amy Kynman/Berkeley Lab

A cavity made from linked rare-earth metals, such as zirconium and titanium, can convert abundant molecular nitrogen (N2) into useful nitrogen compounds including ammonia or tris(silyl)amines at room temperature.

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