T. O. M. Microfilm Reel 288

(Originally FIAT Reel K-21)

PB L70212

Documents taken from Ruhrchemie A.G., Oberhausen-Holten

Continued from T.O.M. reel 287

Frames

570-574 The effect of oxygen in the refining process in gasoline production. By Seifert, November 24, 1937. (Note of transmittal by Roelen dated December 14, 1937 precedes report and one graph follows report.) 5 pages.

575-576 Desulfurization of synthesis gases. Reports by Roelen and Kalk, December 11, and 17, 1937. 2 pages, first is pretty poor quality.

577-582 Kuhlmann's substance for refining. By Roelen, November 15, 1937. (One table and four graphs attached.) 6 pages.

583-585 Report of the Ruhrbenzin plant conference on October 26, 1937. 3 pages.

586-588 The effect of the purity of the gas on the gas reaction. By Feisst, October 20, 1937. (One table and four graphs attached.) 3 pages.

589-591 The effect of the refining substance on the composition of the synthesis gas. September 28, 1937. (Report consists of three tables.) 3 pages.

592-594 These frames are missing.

595-597 The "Lux" substance in the Fischer gasoline synthesis. March 31, 1937. (Two analysis tables attached.) (Duplicate of text of report and one table appear on frames 604 and 605.) 3 pages, the first of which (text) is illegible (see frames 604-605, below).

598-603 Investigation of purification substances. By Feisst, June 9, 1937. (One graph and data sheet attached.) 4 pages, the first of which (text) is illegible.

604-605 See frames 595-597. 2 pages, the first of which is quite legible.

606-607 Low-temperature separation of oil-aldehyde mixtures containing cobalt and iron. By Landgraf, April 6, 1940. 2 pages.

608-609 Cracked oil for alcohol synthesis. By Landgraf, April 29, 1940. (One graph attached.) 2 pages.

610-613 Amendment of the directions for synthesizing aldehydes by means of suspended catalyst. By Roelen, April 23, 1940. 4 pages. (Duplicate copies of 2 page report).

614-620 OXO synthesis. By Roelen, January 18, 1940. (Four flow diagrams attached.) (Report is duplicated on frames 655-661.) 7 pages.

621-631 Ruhrchemie's alcohols and fatty acids. By Mannes, March 16, 1940. (See also reports appearing on frames 662-663 and 668-673.) 11 pages.

632-634 These frames are missing.

635 The present state of the methanol experiments. By Roelen, August 17, 1943. 1 page.

636-642 The synthesis of aldehydes and other compounds containing oxygen, starting with carbon monoxide and hydrogen. By Roelen, February 14, 1940. 7 pages.

643-644 Aliphatic alcohols. By Roelen, February 8, 1940. (One diagram attached.) 2 pages.

645-646 Aldehyde synthesis. By Roelen, February 5, 1940. 2 pages.

647-648 These frames are a duplication of the preceding item. 2 pages.

649-654 The utilization of the OXO reaction - conference of Ruhrchemie, I.G. Farben and Henkel representatives held in Münich on February 29, 1940. Conference report by Ambros. 6 pages.

655-661 Duplicate of report on Frames 614-620. 7 pages.

662-663 Ruhrchemie's alcohols and fatty acids. January 29, 1940. (See also reports appearing on frames 621-631 and 668-673.) 2 pages.

664-666 Physical constants and boiling behavior of an alcohol hydrocarbon mixture "H." By Mannes, February 7, 1940. 3 pages.

667 Report on the fractional distillation of synthetic alcohols mixed with hydrocarbons. By Hirth, February. 7, 1940. (Report consists of one table.) 1 page.

668-673 Alcohols and fatty acids from Ruhrchemie. January 29, 1940. (See also reports appearing on frames 621-631 and 662-663.) 6 pages.

674-676 Addition of water gas to gas oils. By Roelen, February 17, 1939. (One flow diagram attached.) 3 pages.

677-680 Conference on a continuous toluene-producing process. By Roelen, February 10, 1939. 4 pages.

681-683 Reduction of metal oxide catalysts. By Roelen, March 14, 1941. 3 pages.

684-691 The effect of reduction and of the type of kieselguhr on the catalytic efficiency. By Heckel, September 8, 1938. (Five graphs attached.) (Report is duplicated on frames 1032-1039, and is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 377-384 and TOM reel 296, frames 7040-7047.) 8 pages.

692-698 Series of short reports by von Asboth, Heckel and Roelen on the methanization and removal of carbonic acid from reduction hydrogen. May-June 1938. 7 pages.

699-700 Reducibility of cobalt catalysts depending on the proportion of kieselguhr. By Schenk, May 12, 1938. (One curve sheet attached.) (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 7134-7135.) 2 pages.

701 The reduction of magnesia catalysts. By Gehrke, March 8, 1938. 1 page.

702 Letter of transmittal for two laboratory reports that are not included here. February 16, 1938. 1 page.

703 The carbon dioxide content of thorium and magnesium catalysts. By Schenk, February 15, 1938. (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frame 7184.) 1 page.

704 Duplicate of frame 703. 1 page.

705-707 Thorium-magnesium thread-grain catalyst reduced in continuous process. By Schenk, February 1, 1938. (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 44-46.) 3 pages.

708-709 Reduction furnace. By Roelen, December 4, 1937. 2 pages. (Six duplicates of Roelen report follow Sauter report.)

710-712 Reduction furnace. By Sauter, October 28, 1937, with page of diagrams attached. 3 pages.

713-724 Six copies of Roelen report from frames 708-709. 12 pages.

725 Incomplete reduction of catalysts. By Roelen, November 9, 1937. 1 page.

726-727 Further oxidation of catalysts. By Heckel, November 5, 1937. (One page of graphs attached.) 2 pages.

728-737 Reduction of cobalt catalysts under lowered pressure. By Rummel, October 25, 1937. (One diagram, three graphs and three tables attached.) 11 pages.

738-742 Micro-determination of nitric oxide in the reduction process of the catalyst factory. July, 1937. (One graph and short handwritten note attached.) 5 pages.

743-749 Micro-determination of gases in the reduction process. May 28, 1937. (Two tables and one graph attached.) 8 pages.

750-750B Plant report on catalyst reduction, February-May 1937. By Johswich, May 20, 1937. 3 pages.

751-752 Soaking experiments. By Johswich, April 22, 1937. 2 pages.

753-761 Catalyst reduction experiments. By Schuff, April 5, 1937. (Three tables, three graphs and one diagram attached.) 9 pages.

762-765 New catalyst reductions. By Roelen, March 22, 1937. (One diagram attached.) (Duplicate of report appears on frames 772-775). 4 pages.

766-771 Hardness of the catalyst grain. Effect of the reduction. By Lochmann, March 25, 1937. (One table, one graph and one diagram attached.) (Report is duplicated on frames 970-975.) 6 pages.

772-775 Duplicate of report on frames 762-765. 4 pages.

776-778 Reduction of catalysts. By Roelen, March 11, 1937. (Report is duplicated on frames 1019-1021.) 3 pages.

779-785 Continuous reduction in a transverse flow shaft furnace. By Roelen, dated March 3, 1937. (Two diagrams attached.) 7 pages.

786-791 Catalyst reduction, September 1936 – January 1937. January 19, 1937. 6 pages.

792-801 Reduction with hydrogen containing a foreign gas. Part 4. Report by Roelen, dated Apr. 30, 1937. (Five graphs and three tables attached.) 10 pages.

802 Reduction. By Roelen, April 17, 1937. 1 page.

803-805 Reduction with hydrogen containing a foreign gas. part 3. By Roelen, April 16, 1937. (One table and one graph attached.) 3 pages.

806-807 German Patent Application R 102,874 (IVb/12 m (9)). Process for the recovery of thorium from the used catalyst of the carbon monoxide hydrogenation. July 1, 1938. 2 pages.

808-809 Report of conference on thorium regeneration at Schwarzheide on February 24, 1939. By Laube, February 28, 1939. 2 pages.

810 Thorium regeneration. By Roelen, February 15, 1939. 1 page.

811-819 Regeneration of thorium catalyst sludge at Brabag, Schwarzheide. Two reports by Büchner dated January 24, 1939 and December 19, 1938. Note of transmittal signed by Roelen, dated February 1, 1939, precedes reports. (Reports and note are also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 6995-7004.) 9 pages.

820-827 Working up of iron-thorium sludge at Auer-Gesellschaft, Oranienburg. Three reports concerning a meeting between Auer-Gesellschaft and Braunkohle-Benzin A.G. at Oranienburg on November 14, 1938. By Kaden and Wagner (November 17, 1938), Klein (dated November 17, 1938) and Roelen (dated November 21, 1938). 8 pages.

828-832 Removal of organic substances in thorium regeneration. By Büchner, November 21, 1938. (four graphs attached.) 5 pages.

833-839 Report of a conference between Ruhrchemie, Holten and Auer, Oranienburg, on October 24, 1938, concerning the working up of thorium sludge and supplementary report concerning the working up of iron thorium sludge. By Auergesellschaft, Oranienburg. November 2, 1938. 7 pages.

840 Note to Auer-Gesellschaft concerning the conference on October 24, 1938 regarding the working up of thorium sludge. By Alberts, October 22, 1938. 1 page.

841-845 Recovery of thorium from the thorium catalyst sludge. Improved sulfate process. By Büchner and Roelen, October 22, 1938. (One flow diagram and one graph attached.) (Report is duplicated on frames 846-850 and also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 7032-7036.) 5 pages.

846-850 Duplicate of frames 841-845. 5 pages.

851 Short note from Ruhrchemie to Auergesellschaft on the working up of thorium sludge. By Waibel, October 14, 1938. 1 page.

852-856 Report of a conference on October 6, 1938 in Holten concerning thorium regeneration. By Heckel, October 10, 1938. (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 24-31.) 5 pages.

857-864 Three copies of thorium analyses A and B by Büchner, one graph concerning the precipitation of thorium by potassium sulfate, and three copies of a note of transmittal dated October 6, 1938. (The graph is in the report appearing on frames 841-845 and the thorium analyses are in the report appearing on TOM reel 287, frames 24-31.) 8 pages.

865-866 Two short notes concerning correspondence between Brabag, Auer-Gesellschaft and Ruhrchemie. October 1, 1938. 2 pages.

867-869 Purification of thorium from Auer-Gesellschaft. By Heckel, September 30, 1938. (One table and one graph attached.) (This document is also included in report appearing on TOM reel 287, frames 24-31.) 3 pages.

870-871 Correspondence from Ruhrchemie to Braunkohle-Benzin A.G. concerning thorium regeneration. By Alberts. September 30, 1938. 2 pages.

872-873 Thorium analysis. By Roelen, September 22, 1938. 2 pages.

874-876 Conference report on thorium regeneration. By Roelen, July 18, 1938. 3 pages.

877-878 Large-scale tests on thorium regeneration from precipitation sludge by means of potassium sulfate. By Büchner, July 16, 1938. 2 pages.

879 Composition of iron-thorium sludge. By Büchner, June 27, 1938. 1 page.

880-884 Regeneration of thorium from the precipitation sludge according to the sulfate process. By Büchner, May 14, 1938. (One diagram attached.) (More complete report which also includes one table appears on TOM reel 287, frames 74-79.) 5 pages.

885-887 Conference report on thorium regeneration. By Heckel, May 6, 1938. 3 pages.

888-890 Method for the determination of the quality of thorium. November 10, 1937. Oranienburg. 3 pages.

891-892 Solubility of thorium sulfate in diluted sulfuric acid. By Büchner, April 10, 1937. (One graph attached.) 2 pages.

893-898 German Patent Application V 40,388 IVd/12 o. Production of catalysts for the synthesis. By Voos. No date. (Two handwritten notes attached.) 6 pages.

899-900. Conference report on testing and production of iron catalysts. By Lemke, March 15, 1944. 2 pages.

901 Manganometric determination of free iron in reduced catalysts. Report dated Mar. 14, 1944, Lurgi, Frankfurt am Main.

902-903 These frames are missing.

904-905 Alkalization of iron catalysts (concerning Ruhrchemie Patent Application R 506). By Heckel, April 30, 1942. 2 pages.

906-908 Cobalt catalysts containing nickel. By Roelen, September 24, 1941. 3 pages.

909-910 Medium pressure synthesis. By Schenk. (First page missing.) 2 pages.

911-913 Compress cobalt catalysts. By Schenk, July, 1941. (Report is duplicated on frames 1116-1118.) 3 pages.

914-917 The use of nickel catalysts and mixed nickel-cobalt catalysts for gasoline synthesis. By Heckel, April 4, 1941. (One table attached.) (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 7316-7319.) 4 pages.

918-922 Paraffin synthesis over an iron catalyst. By Heckel, March 3, 1941. 5 pages.

923-925 Conference report on catalyst hardness - influence of the condition of kieselguhr on the stability of the catalyst. By Heckel, September 12, 1939. (Also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 337-339.) 3 pages.

926-927 Iron-calcium catalysts. By Roelen, June 7, 1939. 2 pages.

928-929 Modification of the hardness of cobalt catalyst. By Heckel, April 28, 1939. (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 6989-6990.) 2 pages.

930-931 Test examples for the normal pressure paraffin synthesis. By Heckel and Landgraf, March 31, 1939. (Duplicated on frames 1001-1002.) 2 pages.

932-933 Catalyst obtained by decomposition of cobalt salt solutions. By Johswich, August 4, 1938. 2 pages.

934-946C Determination of trivalent cobalt in cobalt catalysts. By Roelen, July 2, 1938. (One diagram, ten handwritten graphs and tables, and one large table attached.) (Report, excluding the large table, is also reproduced as attachments to report appearing on TOM reel 296, frames 7095-7108.) 15 pages.

947-949 Subsequent treatment of finished grain. By Roelen, June 3, 1938. 3 pages.

950-953 Magnesia samples for catalyst production. By Heckel, May 14, 1938. (Two tables and two graphs attached.) 5 pages.

954-957 Compression catalysts. By Heckel, January 28, 1938. (Two graphs attached.) (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 7185-7188.) 4 pages.

958-961 Conference report on improving grain hardness. By Heckel, January 26, 1938. 4 pages.

962 Mixed thorium-magnesium catalysts. By Gehrke, January 25, 1938. 1 page.

963-964 Examination of spent catalysts. By Roelen, November 27, 1937. 2 pages.

965-966 Production of catalysts containing magnesium. By Roelen, April 2, 1937. (Two pages of tables attached.) (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 89-91.) 2 pages.

967-969 Results with cobalt catalysts containing nickel. By Roelen, April 2, 1937. (Two pages of tables attached.) (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 89-91.) 3 pages.

970-975 Duplicate of report on frames 766-771. 6 pages.

976-982 Proportions of cobalt, thorium and kieselguhr in the catalyst. By Heckel, March 17, 1937. (One graph and two tables attached.) 7 pages.

983-989 Control of preliminary precipitation by measuring the pH. By Lochmann, June 16, 1936. (Two graphs attached.) 7 pages.

990-991 Diesel oil mixing experiments. By Lochmann, April 30, 1938. 2 pages.

992-995 Residue oil from ozonization. By Roelen, May 23, 1938. (2 copies of 2 page report.) 4 pages.

996 Flocculation and solidification points of "RCH" diesel oil. By Lochmann, May 18, 1938. 1 page.

997-1000 Paraffin synthesis. By Roelen, December 19, 1939. (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 6941-6944.) 4 pages.

1001-1002 Duplicate of report on frames 930-931. 2 pages.

1003-1004 Increased paraffin formation. By Roelen, March 13, 1939. 2 pages.

1005-1006 Hard paraffin conversion. By Roelen, January 11, 1939. 2 pages.

1007-1008 Paraffin production. By Roelen, January 11, 1939. 2 pages.

1009-1011 Reduction of cobalt catalysts. By Roelen, January 4, 1938. 3 pages.

1012-1013 Reduction value determination with N/2 AgNO₃ solution. By Büchner, June 15, 1937.

1014 Speed of reduction. By Roelen, June, 11, 1937. 1 page.

1015-1018 Influences on the course of reduction. By Roelen, June 8, 1937. (Three graphs attached.) 4 pages.

1019-1021 Duplicate of report on frames 776-778. 3 pages.

1022-1024 Experiments in a small reduction apparatus. By Roelen, February 18, 1937. (One table attached.) 3 pages.

1025-1026 Reduction at reduced pressure. By Roelen, July 1, 1937. 2 pages, parts of first page illegible.

1027-1031 Conference report on technical problems in catalyst production. By Johswich, September 29, 1938. 5 pages.

1032-1039 Duplicate of report on frames 684-691. 8 pages.

1040 Rules for the analytical properties of "Kieselguhr 120" of August 1938. By Roelen. (This document is reproduced with reports on TOM reel 296, frames 7082-7086, and also on TOM reel 287, frame 92.) 1 page.

1041-1044 Alkali resistance of kieselguhrs. By Roelen, August 3, 1938. (1 graph and 1 table attached.) (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 22-23.) 4 pages.

1045-1046 Kieselguhr. By Martin and Steffe, August 3, 1938. 2 pages.

1047-1049 Investigation of kieselguhrs from Schwindebeck G.m.b.H. By Heckel, July 2, 1938. 3 pages.

1050-1051 Results of the testing of the activity of kieselguhrs. By Heckel, June 1, 1938. (One table attached.) 2 pages.

1052-1061 Investigation of kieselguhrs. By Roelen, March 29, 1938. (Six tables attached.) 10 pages.

1062-1063 Calcining drum for kieselguhr. No author given. December 20, 1937. 2 pages.

1064-1075 Tests of kieselguhr samples. By Heckel, November 24, 1937. (Two tables and two graphs attached.) (Part of report is also reproduced on TOM reel 287, frames 103-108.) 12 pages.

1076-1092 Diesel and fuel oil from lignite tar oils. Report No. 2 by Lochmann, October 24, 1938. (Eleven handwritten tables and one diagram attached.) 17 pages.

1093-1097 German Patent application. Method to obtain chiefly paraffin in the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. January 4, 1940. 5 pages, page 2 missing, page 3 copied twice.

1098-1107A The development of cobalt catalysts. Unsigned and undated. (Five data sheets dated during July 1944 attached.) 20 pages.

1108-1115 Wet synthesis. By Schenk, January 2., 1942. (Report is also reproduced on TOM reel 289, frames 1242-1249.) 8 pages.

1116-1118 Duplicate of report on frames 911-913. 3 pages.

1119-1121 Cobalt-nickel catalysts. By Schenk, July 22, 1941. (Report is also included on TOM reel 296, frames 7302-7307.) 3 pages.

1121A-1122 One diagram and one table concerning compressors. By Schenk, January 15, 1942. 2 pages

1123-1129 Paraffin synthesis over an iron catalyst. By Heckel, March 3, 1941. 7 pages.

1130-1139 Production of coal gas from waste gas of a gasoline synthesis with iron catalyst. By Roelen, March 24, 1941. (Seven tables attached.) 10 pages.

1140-1143 Oxosynthesis, particularly for producing propyl aldehyde. By Roelen, November 27, 1941. (Rough draft of report, dated Nov. 26, 1941, is reproduced on TOM reel 289, frames 1267-1270.) 4 pages.

1144-1146 One graph showing the boiling range of the products obtained over an iron catalyst, one graph entitled "Water gas cycle synthesis over iron catalyst" and one table entitled "Low-temperature iron synthesis" dated Mar. 3, 1942. 4 pages.

1147-1149 Iron catalyst, Schwarzheide. By Alberts, December 22, 1941. 3 pages.

1150-1153 Iron catalyst for the hydrocarbon synthesis- status of January 1943. By Roelen, January. 28, 1943. 4 pages.

1154-1155 Improvements in the operation of a Fischer-Tropsch gasoline plant at Ruhrchemie. Report by Löpmann, dated Apr. 17, 1942. 2 pages.

1156-1169 Conference on the synthesis operation held on March 26, 1943 at the Chemische Werke Essener-Steinkohle in Bergkamen. By Feisst. 17 pages. (A very similar report – on the same conference but authored by Lopemann, appears on FIAT reel X-114, item 1DD.)