2877.     ROELEN, O., AND HINTERMAIER, A.  [Disintegration of the Catalyst in the Synthesis of Benzine.]  Ges. Abhandl. Kenntnis Kohle, vol. 9, 1930, pp. 517-518; Chem. Abs., vol. 25, 1931, p. 3807.

        An alkaline Cu-Fe catalyst exposed to water gas at 250° showed disintegration with increase in bulk volume.  After 500 hr. its bulk density had fallen to about ¼ the original value.  Thereafter it remained constant.