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The crucial step in the Ostwald nitric acid synthesis is the oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide using Pt/Rh catalysis.

The catalysis process is one of the most efficient in industrial chemistry.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

4
NH3
  +  
5
O2
  +  
Pt
  +  
         
4
NO
  +  
6
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Ammonia     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Platinum Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Rhodium Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nitric oxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Redox

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