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Patent Abstracts

Metallic composition comprising Fe and Cu is obtained by heating a mixture of finely divided Fe and CuO to above 600º form a hard, sintered mass comprising Cu₂O permeated with Fe oxide, which is, after being broken into granules, reduced, for example, with water gas or producer gas at 500º-800º. The product is used particularly for the manufacture of H₂ from steam, as in the Lane process, or from liquid H₂O under pressure, as in the Bergius process.