PATENT

3615. ----- [STEINKOHLEN-BERGWERK “RHEINPREUSSEN”].  [Synthetic Paraffins and Waxes.]  German Patent Appl.  St 63,450, no date (Cl.12 o-1.03).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 368.

Solid paraffin and waxlike hydrocarbons are obtained from liquid hydrocarbons by conversion with gases containing CO and H2 in presence of strongly alkalized catalysts containing elements of group 8, the alkali content of which corresponds to 10% by weight of alkali oxide.