Return to Abstracts of Literature

Return to Abstracts of Literature 1250-1499

Literature Abstracts

 1360.    HARMAN, R. W.  Substitute Motor Fuels in Australia.  Jour. Proc. Australian Chem. Inst., vol. 8, 1941, pp. 270-284; British Chem. Abs., 1943, B, I, p. 54.

        Shale oil, benzol, and power alcohol can at present supply about 1/3 of Australia’s consumption.  Any large extension of power alcohol would have to use wheat as raw material.  Cost of production is about 2 s. per gal.  Greater possibilities are seen in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, which, however, is not yet in operation in Australia.

       HARNISCH, C.  See abs. 2998.