Abstract
The nitrate fields in Chile are exceptional for their mineral content and unknown origin and serve as an excellent example how a chemical technology can arise to create a very large and almost exclusive market, to be sent then almost into oblivion by competing technologies. The income from sodium nitrate export provided for many years almost 50% of the income of the Chilean government and a large part of the world needs for fertilizers. Development of the Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis resulted in the crash of the dream and a serious economic crisis for Chile.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 427-738 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Journal | Indian Journal of Chemical Technology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
