354. ------. [CHAFFETTE, M.] [Decomposition of Methane.] French Patent 734,032, Mar. 23, 1932. Chem. Abs., vol. 27, 1933, p. 1111.

Patent Abstracts

CH₄ is decomposed by steam to a mixture of H₂, CO, and CO₂ at 500º or more and in the presence of a catalyst composed of mixtures having a base of Ni and metals of the group of rare earth, particularly of the group of ceric earths.

See French Patent 733,248 (abs. 353).