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 1397.    ---------------.  [HELD, W.] [Production of Hydrocarbons by Synthesis.]  Petrol. Ztschr., vol. 35, 1939, pp. 493-495; Chem. Abs., vol. 34, 1940, p. 240.

        Surveys coal-hydrogenation process and the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis very briefly.  Gives some figures on the requirements of Fischer-Tropsch plants, including data on quantities of H₂ needed and amounts of metals required for furnaces and containers.  The influence of catalyst, temperature, and pressure is discussed.