PATENT

3412. ----- [SOCIÉTÉ FRANCAISE DE CATALYSE GÉNÉRALISÉE]  Methanol Synthesis. British Patent 265,948, Feb. 9, 1926  British Chem. Abs., B, `1928, p. 473.  Chem. Age, 1927, p. 382.  Chem. Abs., vol. 22, 1928, p. 433.

For catalytic synthesis of MeOH from CO and H2 at elevated temperature and pressure, a catalyst is used comprising either a mixture of Sr and and PbO, preferably in the proportion of 3 or 4 atoms of Sr for each molecule of PbO, or a mixture of 3 atom proportion of Zn with 1 mol. proportion of Bi₂O₃.  Describes apparatus and gives details of the operation.

SOCIÉTÉ INDUSTRIELLE DES CARBURANTS ET SOLVANTS.  See abs. 726.