2208.     MATTHEWS, M. A., AND WOOD, W. L.  Oxidation of Hydrocarbons to Ethylene and of Methane to Acetylene With Conversions of Acetylene to Acetone.  BIOS Final Rept. 877, 1945, 7 pp.; PB 52,854.

        Investigation was made by oxidizing C2H6, C3H8, C4H10, and Kogasin from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis into C2H4, as well as oxidizing CH4 to C2H2 and manufacturing acetone from C2H2.