PATENT

3355.  SMITH, A. E., AND BEECK, O. A.  (Shell Development Co.).  Lithium-Aluminum Catalyst.  United States Patent 2,474,440, June 28, 1949.  Chem. Abs., vol. 43, 1949, p. 6762.

Gives direction for producing an improved catalyst of the type in which a catalytically active promoter is supported on the surface of an adsorptive support.  The improved Al2O3 support itself may be employed as a catalyst for reforming Fischer-Tropsch gasolines.