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      301.     ------.  [CAMPBELL, D. L., AND BARR, F. T.]  (Standard Oil Development Co.).  Treating Hydrogen With Oxides of Carbon for the Production of Products Such as Methanol.  United States Patent 2,266,161, Dec. 16, 1941: appl. filed Dec. 17, 1940, Serial No. 370,462: 5 claims (Cl. 260-449).  Chem. Abs., vol. 36, 1942. p. 2272.

Describes arrangement of apparatus and a process, which involves passing synthesis gases comprising H2 and oxides of C and containing suspended therein a powdered catalyst, through a reaction zone, under temperature and pressure conditions adapted to cause the oxides of C and H2 to react, removing exothermic heat of reaction immediately as it is formed along the path of the flowing gases through the walls by circulating a cooling medium without the walls of the reaction zone.

CANADIAN INDUSTRIES, LTD.  See abs. 323, 324, 325, 2026, 3311.