110.    AUDIBERT, E., AND RAINEAU, A.  [Study of the Action of Iron Catalyzers on Mixtures of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.]  Rev. ind. min., 1928, No. 182, pp. 286-314; Ann. combust. liquides, vol. 3, 1928, pp. 367-428; Ind. Eng. Chem., vol. 21, 1929, pp. 880-885; British Chem. Abs., 1929, B, p. 840, Chem. Abs., vol. 23, 1929, pp. 2094, 3620, 5091.

                   Fe, Ni, and Co exert a catalytic action on mixtures of CO and H₂, and this study was to determine if these metals when in contact with gaseous mixtures would give liquid-organic products.  A study was made of different mixtures with a hydrated Fe₂O₃ base consisting of 98 parts anhydrous Fe₂O₃ and 2 parts of the following:  Na₂CO₃, Li₂CO₃, CaCO₃, SrCO₃, BaCO₃, MgCO₃, ZnCO₃, MnCO₃, CuCO₃, Ag₂CO₃, Al₂O₃, Mo₂O₃, WO₂, or SiO₂.  Of these 15 mixtures, those containing an alkali carbonate (Na₂CO₃ or Li₂CO₃) formed organic liquids with gas of composition CO+5H₂ under 150 atm. pressure and a flow of 3,000 m.³.  All the others gave CH₄, CO₂, slightly acid H₂O and finally C.  Five mixtures with a ferric hydrate base were then studied consisting of 98 parts Fe₂O₃ and 2 parts of the following:  K₂SO₄, K₃PO₄, KNO₃, and K₂S.  No oil was formed by the K₂S catalyzer, but the other catalyzers produced 11 cm.³ per m.³ of gas from the sulfate, 9 cm.³ per m.³ of gas from the phosphate, 13 cm.³ per m.³ of gas from the borate, and 19 cm.³ per m.³ of gas from the nitrate, with gas (CO+5H₂) under 150 atm. pressure and a flow of 3,000 m.³.  Mixtures were then prepared by precipitating a mixture of Cu nitrate and Fe nitrate with an alkali, adding the precipitant K₂CO₃ in proportion to the Fe content, and, after drying, submitting the compound to the action of H₂ under atmospheric pressure at 200° for 4 hr. and at 300° for 14 hr. in such a manner as to reduce only the CuO but not the Fe₂O₃.  It was shown that the presence of Cu increased the catalytic action of the Fe₂O₃-K₂CO₃ couple; the composition of the catalyzer after reduction at 300° was Fe₂O₃, 49.5%, Cu 49.5%, K₂CO₃, 1.0%.  With this compound a mixture of H₂O and different organic liquid products was extracted from the CO+5H₂ mixture in the following proportions: (1) Light carburetants (55°-180° fractions of oil) 28.8%, light oil from activated charcoal 5.0%, alcohol in solution 29.0%, or a total of 62.8%; and (2) clear oil, 180°-250°, 14.0%; (3) heavy oil, 250 °-330°, 10.0%; (4) paraffin 7.1%; (5) tar, 2.7%; and (6) fatty acids, distilling at 110°-140° (weak acetic, propionic, and butyric), 3.1%.  With the Cu-Fe₂O₃-K₂CO₃ catalyzer, it is not possible to lower the temperature and still be assured of regularity of the phenomena of transformation of the mixture of CO and H₂.