PATENT

3371.  SOCIETĄ ITALIANA RICERCHE INDUSTRIALI  [Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Mixture.]  Swiss Patent 162,458, Sept. 1, 1933.  Chem. Abs., vol. 28, 1934, p. 588.

Mixture of Co and H2 free from O2 is produced by leading H2 containing O2 as an impurity into a solid fuel distillation retort at a zone where the temperature is high enough to ensure that the O2 reacts with the fuel.  The CO-H2 mixture is suitable for the synthesis of MeOH by passage over suitable catalysts.