PATENT

3650. ----- [STORCH, H. H.]  (Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co.).  Methanol Synthesis.  United States Patent 1,681,752, Aug. 21, 1928; appl. filed May 16, 1927.  Chem. Abs., vol. 22, 1928, p. 3893.

The catalyst comprises Cu formed by the reduction of CuO precipitated from a cuprammonium salt solution in intimate mixture with Mg(OH)2.