3020.     SANDER, A.  [Chemical Transformation of Methane.]  Glückauf, vol. 66, 1930, p. 89-93; Chem. Abs., vol. 24, 1930, p. 2575.

        Technical and economic outlook for the transformation of CH₄ into liquid fuel by several new methods developed at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Kohlenforschung, is discussed.   In addition to the production of CO-H₂ mixtures for catalytic syntheses, 3 other processes are of economic importance to the welfare of Germany:  1.  The thermal conversion of CH₄ into benzol and its homologs 1,000°-1,100°.  2.  Conversion of CH₄ into C₂H₂ by means of electric discharges at low pressure and polymerization of the C₂H₂ to benzol over active C or silica gel at 650°-700°.  3.  The first step as in 2, then the hydrogenation and condensation of the C₂H₂ in gasoline and homologs over Fe, Cu, Ni, and alkali-mixed catalysts at about 250°.

        SANDFORD, F.  See abs. 1386.