287.    BONE, W. A.  Discussion on Catalytic Reactions at High Pressures.  Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. 127, A, 1930, pp. 240-267; British Chem. Abs., 1930, A, p. 867.

                  Reviews work in the High-Pressure-Gas Research Laboratories at the Imperial College during the last 3 yr. with special reference to the formation of HCHO, MeOH, and CH₄ from CO and H₂.  By selecting a suitable catalyst and temperature any one of these 3 substances may be produced to the practical exclusion of the other 2.  Absence of satisfactory equilibrium data in regard to the MeOH synthesis previous to the present series of investigations is pointed out, and the extreme importance of determining the equilibrium constant by approaching the equilibrium from both sides is emphasized.  Discusses errors due to the fact that at the high pressures used the equilibrium mixtures do not obey the sample gas laws.