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 1934.    ---------------.  [KOHLE, UND ERZ.]  [Oils and Fats From Coal in Germany.]  Vol. 36, No. 23, 1939, pp. 640-641; Coke Smokeless-Fuel Age, vol. 2, 1940, p. 71.

        From the standpoint of oil and fat production, the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is important.  The paraffin-bearing intermediate product gatsch coming between Diesel oils and solid paraffin is an excellent material from which to start the synthesis of fatty acids.  Catalytic oxidation is effected at low temperatures, up to 120° C, and fatty acids are derived from which a whole series of soaps can be prepared.  The fatty acids production of Germany is now about 30,000-40,000 ton per yr. and is increasing.

        KÖHLER, G.  See abs. 2435.