PATENT

3590. ----- [STEINKOHLEN-BERGWERK “RHEINPREUSSEN”].  [Iron Catalysts.]  German Patent Appl. St 62,515, no date, (Cl. IV d-12 o).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 365.

Fe catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO to hydrocarbons with more than 1 C atom in the molecule at 150°-350° contain 0.05-10% of Ni: if desired they may subsequently be impregnated with traces (0.2-0.5%) of alkali compounds.