[gatewood]

What would happen if I had a hydrogen (H2) torch burning inside a container full of nitrogen (N2) and nitrous gas (NO2)?

Will the reaction create ammonia/ammonium? And if so, would the reaction be reversible at normal pressure?

[chenbeier]

No, the hydrogen react with die NO₂   und form water and more nitrogen.
To get ammonia need high pressure see ammonia synthesis Bosch- Haber process.

[gatewood]

No, the hydrogen react with die NO₂   und form water and more nitrogen.
To get ammonia need high pressure see ammonia synthesis Bosch- Haber process.

Thanks for replying. Im aware of the haber-bosch process, I just wanted to know in what way my proposed synthesis will go wrong.

What about if I had a container full of H2 and N2 and applied a current in the form of an small electric arc?

[gatewood]

What would happen if I an electrical arc were to be made inside a container with a hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) atmosphere?

Will the reaction create ammonia/ammonium?

[billnotgatez]

I combined your posts since they are asking similar question.

[AWK]

If you understand the thermodynamics behind the Haber-Bosch process, you will also understand that it is now an optimized process.
In an electric arc, you can break down ammonia into the elements with a nice yield.
see eg
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614357/

[gatewood]

I combined your posts since they are asking similar question.

ok, I made the other thread cause I wasn't getting an answer in this one

[gatewood]

If you understand the thermodynamics behind the Haber-Bosch process, you will also understand that it is now an optimized process.
In an electric arc, you can break down ammonia into the elements with a nice yield.
see eg
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614357/

yes i understand that (it hasn't fundamentally evolved much since it was made. The reaction is reversible and, at low pressures, it highly favors the separation of ammonia into N and H). But, no hurt in trying to find other ways to synthesize ammonia. I also found another proposed process:

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaat5778