530. ------. [DREYFUS, H.] (Celanese Corp. of America). Hydrocarbon Synthesis From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen. United States Patent 2,338,805, Jan. 11, 1944: appl. filed Mar. 1, 1941. Serial No., 381,414, in Great Britain Mar. 16, 1940: 1 claim (Cl

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530. ------. [DREYFUS, H.] (Celanese Corp. of America). Hydrocarbon Synthesis From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen. United States Patent 2,338,805, Jan. 11, 1944: appl. filed Mar. 1, 1941. Serial No., 381,414, in Great Britain Mar. 16, 1940: 1 claim (Cl. 260-449.6). Chem. Abs., vol. 38, 1944, p. 3801.

Production of hydrocarbons is effected by a process that involves subjecting CO and H₂ in a proportion of 1:2 vol., respectively, to reaction in the presence of a catalyst comprising Co together with minor proportions of ThO₂ and Cu, supported on a carrier of kieselguhr, under a pressures not substantially above atmospheric and at 195º, the amount of kieselguhr used being 20-30 times that of the active catalytic material that is carried on it.