PATENT

3589. ----- [STEINKOHLEN-BERGWERK “RHEINPREUSSEN”].  [Iron Catalysts.]  German Patent Appl. St 62,149, no date, (Cl. IV d-12 o).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 364.

Fe catalysts for the synthesis of hydrocarbons by reduction of CO with H2 are made precipitating the Fe with solid oxides, hydroxides, or carbonates of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba and by subsequent precipitation of the earth alkali going into solution using Na2CO3 and activating with alkali.