1123. ---------------. [FURNESS, R.] Oils, Fats, and Soaps Industries in 1938. Ind. Chemist, vol. 15, 1939, pp. 37-39, 83-84. Refers to the German work on the production of fatty acids from hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch method and their subsequent oxidation to soaps and fats. These processes have little practical significance to the British manufacturer. They are too costly and too complicated to be commercially attractive. |