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        Investigation of possibility of activating an Fe-Cu catalyst by addition of Ni alone or by the simultaneous addition of Ni, Ce and Th.   The catalyst was prepared from the nitrate and deposited on asbestos at as low a temperature as possible and subsequently impregnating with 0.5% K₂CO₃.  The asbestos was one-half the amount of Fe and Cu.  The effect of 1 and 2% of Ni and Ni, Ce and Th in the ratio of 8.03 : 0.13 : 0.95 on the Fe-Cu (4:1) catalyst was determined over a 14-hr. reaction period at 265° and a velocity of 0.65 l/hr.  the yields of liquid hydrocarbons/m.³ of water gas were respectively 3, 45, and 80 gm.