2130.     ---------------.  [LOEB, W.]  [Chemical Action of Silent Discharge.]  Ztschr. Electrochem., vol. 12, 1906, pp. 282-312; Jour. Chem. Soc., vol. 90, II, 1906, p. 324.

        CH2O always is formed in small amount by the interaction of H2 and CO, the H2 being formed by the reaction CO+H2O=CO2+H2.  By starting with a mixture of moist CO and H2, much larger quantities of CH2O are obtained and also glycolaldehyde OH.CH2.CHO.  CH4 is always formed from mixtures of CO and H2.  CH4 and CO give acetaldehyde.  CO+CH4=CH3.CHO, but the reduction of acetaldehyde to alcohol by combination with H2 has not yet been realized in the silent discharge.