The History of Urea and Its Use in the Modern Fertilizer Industry

Iris Yan Wong

2022

Abstract

From the common name of the organic compound “urea”, it can be inferred that urea is a major component of urine. Urea naturally occurs in most mammals and is crucial for removing toxic waste products from the human body. This work investigates the history of urea, including the discovery of the “urea cycle” in humans. Moreover, urea was the first organic compound to be synthesized from inorganic compounds, bringing about a new definition of organic chemistry. This work examines the specific mechanism behind Fredrich Wohler’s synthesis of urea from inorganic compounds. Furthermore, urea is now synthesized on a large scale for nitrogen-based crop fertilizers, and such modern processes have great implications on the environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wong I. (2022). The History of Urea and Its Use in the Modern Fertilizer Industry. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine - Volume 1: ICBB; ISBN 978-989-758-637-8, SciTePress, pages 435-439. DOI: 10.5220/0012032100003633

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icbb22,
author={Iris Yan Wong},
title={The History of Urea and Its Use in the Modern Fertilizer Industry},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine - Volume 1: ICBB},
year={2022},
pages={435-439},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012032100003633},
isbn={978-989-758-637-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine - Volume 1: ICBB
TI - The History of Urea and Its Use in the Modern Fertilizer Industry
SN - 978-989-758-637-8
AU - Wong I.
PY - 2022
SP - 435
EP - 439
DO - 10.5220/0012032100003633
PB - SciTePress