PATENTS

      1644.  ------.  [INTERNATIONAL HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS CO.]  [Catalyst for Hydrocarbon Synthesis.]  Belgian Patent 440,411.  Nov. 29, 1941; appl. filed Jan. 28. 1941: in Germany, Dec. 9, 1939.  Chem. Zentralb., 1942. I. p. 2736.

            Fe catalysts are used, which, calculated on the Fe content, contain at least 5% of Ca in the form of O-containing compounds.  They are produced by precipitating Fe- and Ca-salt solutions with alkali hydroxides.