PATENT

3369. ----- [SOCIETĄ ANON. CARBURANTI ITALIANI SINTETICI]  [Methyl Alcohol.]  French Patent 814,434, June 23, 1937.  Chem. Abs., vol. 32, 1938, p. 957.

H2SO4 is caused to act on marble, the CO2 is reduced  to CO in the presence of wood charcoal and Fe turnings, and the CO is hydrogenated under pressure and  at high temperature to form MeOH.  An example of a fuel contains MeOH, 94.53%; synthetic camphor, 0.01%; acetone, 0.165%; Et2, 1%; turpentine oil, 0.01%; and C6H6 4.285%.