PATENT

3351. SLATINEANU, E. (Gewerkschaft Auguste).  Hydrocarbon Mixtures.  United States Patent 2,213,415, Sept. 3, 1940; appl. filed Dec. 15, 1936, Serial No. 115,949 (Cl. 260-449).  Chem. Abs., vol. 35, 1941, p. 461.

Process of producing mixtures of hydrocarbons comprises subjecting a composition consisting of CH₄, at least 1 member of the group constituted by CO and CO₂, and at least 1 member of the group constituted by H₂ and H₂O at a temperature, that ranges approximately 225°-380° and is too low to cause a substantial proportion of the CH₄ to be cracked to a pressure of >500 atm. that suffices to cause a polarization of the CH₄ present, the molecular proportions of the components of the composition being so chosen that the molecular quantity of the CH₄ present in the starting gas mixture amounts to at least 1/4 of the molecular quantity of the C oxides present and the free energy of the resulting reaction has a value that does not exceed +5,000 kcal. per mol. of the product to be produced, calculated according to the notation adoption by Lewis and Randall.