PATENT

3225.  SACHSSE, E., AND BARTHOLOME, E.  (I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.)  [Hydrogen-Carbon Monoxide Mixtures.]  German Patent 739,445, Aug. 12, 1943 (Cl. 26 a-11).  TOM Reel 26, item 112, frames 592-595; Chem. Abs., vol. 39, 1945, p. 5440.

Gaseous hydrocarbons are preheated to approximately 1,000° or higher and are commingled with vapors of the Fe-group metals.  The mixture is passed over stationary catalysts and incompletely burned with O2 in the presence of steam.