PATENTS

2053. ------. [LINCKH, E.] (Standard Catalytic Co.). Hydrocarbons From Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide. United States Patent 2,287,891, June 30, 1942; appl. filed Mar. 17, 1938. Serial No. 196,364; in Germany, Nov. 14, 1935; 7 claims (Cl. 260-449). Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 251.

Mixture containing H2 and CO is brought into contact at a temperature of 150°-500°, with a catalyst obtained by treating fused ferrosoferric oxide with a reducing gas at a temperature of about 300°-850° (suitably with various other specified admixtures).

------. See abs. 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 1886, 1887, 1888, 3947, 3948.