PATENTS

      1585.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Synthesis of Hydrocarbons.]  German Patent Appl. I 58,926. no date (Cl. IV d-12 o).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6. p. 97.

            Hydrocarbons are produced by converting CO with H2 in presence of sintered metals of group 8 of the periodic system as catalysts.