Return to Abstracts of Patents Return to Abstracts of Patents 250-499 Patent Abstracts400. ------. [COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORP.] [Methanol.] French Patent 644,525, June 20, 1927. Chem. Abs., vol. 23, 1929, p. 1910. Catalyst composed of 1 or more difficulty reducible oxides and a metallic halide is used in the production of CH3OH from H2 and CO. In examples a mixture of (1) Cr2O3 and ZnCl2 or MgCl2: (2) Cr2O3, ZnO, or MgO and ZNCl2: (3) WO3, ZnO, and ZnBr2; and (4) oxide of U and ZnCl2 are used. |