PATENTS

      1661.  ------.  [INTERNATIONAL HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS CO.] [Converting Carbon Monoxide Into Hydrocarbons.]  French Patent 853,302, Mar. 15, 1940.  Chem. Abs., vol. 36. 1942, p. 2393.

CO is converted by H₂ into hydrocarbons with more than 1 C atom, by using a gaseous mixture containing at least 2 parts of H₂ for each part CO and alternately, by intermittence, a gaseous mixture containing at least 2.5 parts of H₂ for each part of CO.