"It was a no smaller challenge to scale up Haber’s experimental success to a commercial enterprise. Under the leadership of [[Carl Bosch]], an expert in chemical as well as metallurgical engineering who joined [[BASF]] in 1899, success was achieved in just four years. **The world’s first ammonia synthesis plant began to operate at Oppau in September 1913, and the term “Haber-Bosch process” has endured ever since**." ([Location 1658](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=1658)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[haber-bosch]], [[chemistry]], [[ammonia]], [[chemistry]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]