PATENTS

2025. ------. [LAZIER, W. A.] (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.). Catalyst for Hydrogenation Reactions. United States Patent 1,746,783, Feb. 11, 1930; appl. filed Nov. 3, 1928, Serial No. 317,119. Chem. Abs., vol. 24, 1930, p. 1649.

In producing MeOH from CO and H2, catalysts are employed comprising a chromite prepared by igniting an exothermic double salt containing sexivalent Cr and a hydrogenating metal, for example, a double chromate of NH4 and Zn.