1106.    FROST, A. V.  [Thermodynamics of the Synthesis of Methanol From Water Gas.]  Jour. Gen. Chem. (U.S.S.R.), vol. 1, 1931, pp. 367-376; Chem. Abs., vol. 26, 1932, p. 3987.

        Free energy of the reaction CO+2H₂=MeOH is –∆F/4.573T=log K(RT)²=3925/T-9.840 log T+0.00347T+14.8.  The value calculated on the basis of Nernst’s heat theorem differs from the experimental value by +1.04=0.4, while for other reactions the discrepancy is, according to Eucken and Fried’s figures, +0.9.

        See abs. 1584, 2169.