PATENT

3409. ----- [SOCIÉTÉ FRANCAISE DE CATALYSE GÉNÉRALISÉE]  Acetic Acid From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.  British Patent 342,283, Jan. 11, 1929. Chem. Abs., vol. 25, 1931, p. 5435.

Production of HOAc from CO and H₂ is affected by use of catalysts comprising 1 or more of the materials: Ni, Co, Cr, their oxides and carbonates, and Mn carbonate.  the catalyst may be placed in a Cu-lined tube  through which the gases are passed heated by electrical resistances.