Sabatier is best known for the Sabatier process and his works such as La Catalyse en Chimie Organique (Catalysis in organic chemistry) which was published in 1913. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with fellow Frenchman Victor Grignard in 1912. He is also known for the Sabatier principle of catalysis.
The reduction of carbon dioxide using hydrogen at high temperature and pressure is another use of nickel catalyst to produce methane.
:∆H = −165.0 kJ/mol
:(some initial energy/heat is required to start the reaction)