745. FREY, F. E. (Phillips Petroleum Co.). Converting Normally Gaseous Hydrocarbons Into Products of Higher Molecular Weight. United States Patent 2,180,672. Nov. 21, 1939: appl. filed May 16, 1936. Serial No. 80,160 (Cl. 196-10). Chem. Abs., vol. 3

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745. FREY, F. E. (Phillips Petroleum Co.). Converting Normally Gaseous Hydrocarbons Into Products of Higher Molecular Weight. United States Patent 2,180,672. Nov. 21, 1939: appl. filed May 16, 1936. Serial No. 80,160 (Cl. 196-10). Chem. Abs., vol. 34, 1940. p. 1684.

Describes arrangement of apparatus and a process which involves passing normally gaseous hydrocarbons such as a mixture high in CH₄ admixed with oxides of C into contact with a catalytic oxide of Al, Th, Zr, or Cr at 150º-350º to produce hydrocarbons of higher molecular weight.