3204.     SLATER, W. E.  Influence of Different Surfaces on the Decomposition of Methane.  Jour. Chem. Soc., vol. 109, 1916, pp. 160-164; Chem. Abs., vol. 10, 1916, p. 1589.

        To determine whether the amount of decomposition of CH₄ in contact with heated surfaces depends upon the kind of substance exposed, or whether it is a function of the surface area only, the gas was heated to 910° at constant pressure and time with various refractory materials, the degree of decomposition being determined by measuring the amounts of H₂ in the residual gases.  The results showed that the rate of decomposition depends upon the nature of the heated surface.  It was found that Si, MgO, Al₂O₃, and BaO did not accelerate the reaction and that Cu, carborundum, graphite, charcoal, and Fe did.

        SLIN’KO, M. G.  See abs. 305.

        SLONE, M. C.  See abs. 3100.