818.    ---------------.  [ELVINS, O. C., AND NASH, A. W.]  Synthetic Fuel From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.  Fuel, vol. 5, 1926, pp. 263-265; Chem. Abs., vol. 20, 1926, p. 2572.

     Review of recent work with preliminary notes on new experiments on the conversion of CO and H₂ to a liquid fuel.  The catalyst was prepared by mixing, drying, and reducing a mixture of moist hydrated Co, Cu, and Mn oxides with H₂ at 400°.  A mixture of equal volumes of CO and H₂ was washed with aqueous KOH and then H₂SO₄ and passed over the catalyst.  The amount of CO₂ increased rapidly with the temperature, reaching 10% at 284°.  The gases were cooled and led through active charcoal to a gasometer.  An oil accumulated on the water, and the charcoal yielded a liquid composed of saturated hydrocarbons.