2154.     LYON, W. H., AND CRAWFORD, R. M.  Methane Cracking by Partial Combustion With Oxygen or Air in Germany.  U. S. Naval Tech. Mission Tech. Rept. 556-45, 1945, 15 pp.; PB 23,076.

        Coke-oven gas, hydrogenation tail gas, and Fischer-Tropsch tail gas were commercially cracked by partial combustion with O₂ or air to produce raw materials for various syntheses.  Feed gas consisting of N₂ and H₂ was produced for NH₃ synthesis, and various CO-H₂ mixtures were made for use in the MeOH, isobutanol, and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.