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From 1918, BASF prevented access to the Haber-Bosch process and declined multiple requests for operating licenses. The clear preference for promoting its product, ammonium sulphate, rather than its technology, created a barrier that stimulated research elsewhere, based on the availability of cheap electrical power, the application of sophisticated engineering techniques equal to those of Germany, and alternative routes to pure hydrogen.
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Travis, A.S. (2018). Conclusion. In: Nitrogen Capture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68963-0_20
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