PATENT

3587. ----- [STEINKOHLEN-BERGWERK “RHEINPREUSSEN”].  [Iron Catalysts.]  German Patent Appl. St 57,987, no date, (Cl. 12 o-1.03).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 358.

Fe catalysts are made by using Fe, Fe salts, or mineral Fe of any degree of purity with additions of small amounts (0.005-0.5%) of Cu, Ag, or Au by precipitating the solution or by thermal decomposition of the nitrate and subsequently impregnating with traces of alkali salts.  Addition to German Patent Appl. St 57,727 (abs. 3585).