174.    BECKLEY, J. S.  Chemicals From Coal – New Developments.  Coal-Heat, vol. 47, No. 1, 1945, pp. 26-27, 30; Fuel Abs., No. 2079.

                  Coal is utilized as a raw material for the chemical industry in 3 ways:  By carbonization, yielding valuable byproducts; directly as a reactant in a chemical reaction, yielding a finished product for commerce or an intermediate product, other than water gas, which serves as a raw material for subsequent processing; using the coke to make water gas, a starting material, for many important synthesis.  The production of some of these chemicals is discussed, in particular the synthesis of MeOH and the production of nylon.

                  BEEBE, R. A.  See abs. 1771.