2646. ------. [PIER, M.] (I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.). Methanol Synthesis. United States Patent 1,823,468, Sept. 15, 1931; appl. filed Feb. 16, 1924, Serial No. 693,372. Chem. Abs., vol. 26, 1932, p. 156.

Synthesis of MeOH and other O-containing organic compounds by catalytic reduction of CO is effected in an apparatus having the inner surface of both hot and cold parts formed of steel containing a high percentage of Cr.

See also Austrian Patent 116,055 (abs. 88).