498.    ----------------.[CHAUX, R.]  British and German Chemists Conference.  Vol. 62, 1950, pp. 895-896.

                  Allied High Commission has approved the German proposals for the conversion of the Krupp-Treibstoffwerk plant at Wanne-Eickel to the production of higher alcohols by the Oxyl synthesis process of Ruhrchemie A.-G.  The required catalysts will be made by Ruhrchemie A.-G.  Krupp-Triebstoffwerk plans to produce a number of products, such as solvents, plasticizers, and auxiliary products for the detergent industry.  The German proposals also provided for conversion of the Chemischewerk Bergkamen, the Fischer-Tropsch plant of Essener Steinkohle A.-G.  It has been suggested that operations for the purification of coke-oven gases and removal of poisonous substances could be carried out there, but this suggestion has not been sanctioned.  The cases of Gewerkschaft Victor, Castrop-Rauxel, which was converted to the production of nitrogenous fertilizers, and of Krupp-Triebstoffwerk were given priority.  Nothing further has been heard about another conversion project for the use of Fischer-Tropsch plants exempted from dismantling for paraffin synthesis.