2208.     MATTHEWS, M. A., AND WOOD, W. L.  Oxidation of Hydrocarbons to Ethylene and of Methane to Acetylene With Conversions of Acetylene to Acetone.  BIOS Final Rept. 877, 1945, 7 pp.; PB 52,854.

        Investigation was made by oxidizing C₂H₆, C₃H₈, C₄H₁₀, and Kogasin from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis into C₂H₄, as well as oxidizing CH₄ to C₂H₂ and manufacturing acetone from C₂H₂.