1065.    FOSTER, A. L.  Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis May Prove a Major Oil-Refining Process.  I.  The Reaction, Its Mechanism and Its Products.  Oil Gas Jour., vol. 43, No. 15, 1944, pp. 99, 101, 106, 109; Chem. Abs., vol. 39, 1945, p. 3895.

        Synthol theory of Elvin and Nash and the carbide theory of Fischer are discussed.  The nature of the products is discussed in general terms, with reference to the influence of operating conditions and of the nature of the catalyst used.