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KA A process for making the explosive RDX by nitrating hexamethylenetetramine in acetic anhydride.
Developed in Germany during World War II.
KAAP [Kellogg Advanced Ammonia Process] The rst high-pressure process developed for synthesizing
ammonia from its elements that does not use an iron-containing catalyst. The reformer gas for this process
is provided by the *KRES process. The catalyst was developed by BP; it contains ruthenium supported on
carbon. Developed by M.W. Kellogg Company in 1990 and rst installed by the Ocelot Ammonia Company
(now Pacic Ammonia) at Kitimat, British Columbia, in 1992. By 2005, over 200 large-scale plants ...