2554.     PADOVANI, C., AND FRANCHETTI, P.  [Reactions of Methane With Mixtures of Steam and Carbon Dioxide.]  Inst. Ind. Chem. Fuels, Polytechnicum, Milan, vol. 4, 1932-33, pp. 173-191; Chem. Abs., vol. 29, 1935, p. 1229.

        Mixtures of CH₄, CO₂, and H₂O are passed over Ni catalysts, with or without Cu or Al₂O₃ at temperatures from 650°-1,200°, and principally at 850°.  The CO and H₂ formed are measured.  The results obtained are compared with those of Fischer and Tropsch (see abs. 1025), and Hawk, Golden, Storch, and Fieldner (see abs. 1370).