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T.O.M. REEL 287
(Original 
Designation FIAT Reel K-20)
PB L70211
Table of 
Contents
 
Documents taken 
from Ruhrchemie A.G., Oberhausen-Holten
 
Frames  
1-10 
                Miscibility and 
stability storage of diesel fuels.  By Roelen.  October 11, 1938.   10 pages.
11-17 
              Course of the 
Fischer-Tropsch pressure synthesis when using an initial gas rich in carbon 
monoxide.  No date.  Laboratory report.  7 pages.
18-21 
              Microphotographs 
of kieselguhr catalysts.  By Dr. Sauter.  Braunkohle-Benzin A. G.  February 14, 
1938.  4 pages.
22-23 
              Solubility and 
alkali resistance of kieselguhr.  (Graph and table).  (Complete report appears 
on TOM reel 296, frames 7087-7090 and TOM reel 288, frames 1041-1044).  2 pages.
24-31              
Thorium regeneration.  October 
10, 1938.  Note by Dr. Heckel.  9 pages.
32-37 
              Determination of 
the content of free metal in catalysts.  (Acid-vacuum method).  Working 
instruction by Roelen, dated January 5, 1938, (one sketch). (Report is also 
reproduced on TOM reel 296, frames 7118-7123).  6 pages.
38-39 
              Reproducibility 
of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis experiments.  By Agnes.  June 8, 1937.  Ruhrbenzin, 
A.G.  2 pages.
40-43 
              Preparation of 
Fischer-Tropsch catalysts with a high cobalt density precipitated on purified 
kieselguhr: 100 Co, 15 ThO2, 12.5 Kgr.  August 7, 1939.  (Duplicated 
on frames 349-353, and also on TOM reel 296, frames 6968-6972.).  4 pages.
44-46 
              Results in the 
preparation of a thorium-magnesium thread grain Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, 
continuously reduced.   (100 Co: 10 MgO: 5 ThO2: 200 Kgr.)  By 
Schenk.  February 1, 1938.  3 pages.
47-49 
              Results in the 
preparation of a cobalt-magnesium Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.  (100 Co: 15 MgO: 
200 Kgr.)  By Schenk.  January 31, 1938.  3 pages.
50-52 
              Preparation of a 
cobalt thread grain from filter cake.  (100 Co: 15 ThO2 : 200 Kgr.)  
By Schenk.  December 21, 1937.  3 pages.
53-57 
              Preparation of 
thorium-free cobalt-magnesium Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.  By Roelen.  August 13, 
1937.  (One flow diagram).  (Duplicated on frames 171-175B and also on TOM reel 
296, frames 7189-7193.).  5 pages.
58-63 
              Development in 
Fischer-Tropsch catalyst shaping.  By Klein and Roelen.  November 7, 1935.  
(Duplicated on frames 69-73.)   6 pages.
64-65 
              Preparation of a 
new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.  By Roelen.  November 3, 1936.  2 pages.
66-67 
              Beginning of 
production in the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst plant of Ruhrbenzin A.G.  Letter by 
Roelen and Klein.  January 6, 1936.  2 pages. 
68 
                   Preparation of 
Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.  Letter by Roelen.  February 26, 1936.  1 page. 
69-73               
Duplicate of document in frames 58-63.
74-79 
              Recovery of 
thorium from the thorium catalyst sludge by the sulfate process.  By Buchner.  
May 14, 1938.  (One flow diagram and table attached.)  (Also on TOM reel 296, 
frames 7129-7133.)  6 pages.
80-88 
              Treatment of 
pre-precipitation sludge.  (Incomplete conference report containing 5 pages of 
tables.)  February 25, 1937.  9 pages. 
89-91 
              Effects of nickel 
addition to cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.  By Roelen.  (2 pages of tables 
attached.)  April 2, 1937.   3 pages.
92 
                   Rules and 
standards for kieselguhr 120 analysiss for August 1938.  A draft for rules by 
Roelen.  September 6, 1941.  (Document is also reproduced on TOM reel 288, frame 
1040, and also on TOM reel 296, frames 7082-7086.)   1 page.
93-98 
              Investigation of 
kieselguhr.  Analytical instructions by Roelen.  August 2, 1939.  6 pages. 
99-102 
            Behavior of 
inorganic impurities in kieselguhr in the promotion and working up of kieselguhr 
No. 120.  By Buchner, Heckel and Roelen.  April 17,1939.  4 pages.
103-108 
          Testing of 
kieselguhr samples as to their influence on the activity of the catalysts.  By 
Heckel, November 24, 1937 (Tables and curve sheets missing).  (Complete report 
is on TOM reel 288, frames 1064-1075).   6 pages.
109-117          
Operation of a thread press 
by the Ruhrbenzin A.G.  Letters signed by Blasé and Hagemann.  (7 drawings 
attached).  Dec. 23 and 27, 1938.  21 pages. 
118-120 
          Production of 
thread grain in catalyst manufacture – Feburary-March 1938.  By Schenk.  March 
22, 1938.  3 pages. 
121 
                 Key data for 
precipitation gasoline.  Letter dated July 12, 1939 from the Oberkommando des 
Heeres, Berlin.   1 page.
122-123 
          Determination of 
the iodine number according to Rosenmund and Kuhnhenn.  (Extract from Holde, 
"Kohlenwasserstoffole und Fette, "sixth edition, 1924, p. 582).   2 pages.
124-132           
Decrease of the anti-knock properties of kogasin I in storage as a consequence of peroxide formation.  The 
influence of inhibitor additives.  By Dr. Koch.  (U.S. patents 1,889,835 and 
1,889,836 and French Patent 746,562, referred to.)  February 12, 1937.   9 
pages.
133-135           These frames are missing. 
136-163 
          Possibility of obtaining high-quality gasolines from the primary 
product of the gasoline (Fischer-Tropsch) synthesis.  By Babo.  October 1, 
1936.  (Report gives extensive literature references.)   28 pages.
164-165 
          
Crushing of thread grain in catalyst manufacture.  My Roelen.  May 20, 
1938.  2 pages.  
166-167 
          
Report on the drying tests with thread grain in the Buttner drier.  
April 11, 1938.   2 pages.
168-170 
          
Experiments on the regeneration of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.  
Conference report by Heckel.  February 9, 1938.  3 pages.
171-175           
Duplicate of frames 53-57.   7 pages.
176-186 
          
Filtration of an alkaline suspension on a Kelly filter - test report.  
October 11, 1935, Dorr Gesellschaft m.b.H., Berlin.   11 pages.
187-189 
          
Tests for separating the mother liquor from freshly precipitated 
catalysts by means of a centrifuge.  By Klein.  September 5, 1935, Firma Haubold, 
Chemnitz.  3 pages.
190-192 
          
Visit to Firma Filterwerk in Meissen.  Travel report by Roelen.  
August 3, 1935.  3 pages.  
193-197 
          
Shaping materials with a high water content.  Letter and patent 
specification with attached diagrams, July 6, 1939.  Maschinenfabrik Imperial 
G.m.b.H., Meissen. 5 pages.
198-203 
          
Patent application for a device for the disintegration of threadlike 
dried products.  Draft of a patent specification by Roelen.  August 4, 1942.  
(One table and three drawings attached.)   6 pages.
204-206 
          
German patent application R 474.  Process for the preparation of 
valuable washing , wetting, dispersing, emulsifying and cleaning agents.  
December 23, 1939.  3 pages.
207-213 
          
German patent application R 582.  Process for the removal of alcohols 
and other oxygenated compounds from the primary products of the carbon monoxide 
hydrogenation by means of metallic salts.  July 30, 1941. 7 pages.
213A-214 
       
Three internal letters signed by Roelen concerning patent specifications 
R 489, R 558 and R 417.  June 12, 1941.  2 pages.
215-218 
          
German patent application R 552.  Process for secanting water from 
alcohols by means of zinc chloride or zinc halides with a similar effect.  
February 12, 1941.  (Duplicated on Frames 274-277.).  4 pages.  
219-224 
          
German patent application R 522.  Process for the production of 
oxygenated compounds from olefinic primary products of the carbon monoxide 
hydrogenation.  August 8, 1940.  6 pages.
225-228 
          
German patent application R 402.  Process for the production of 
valuable OXO compounds.  September 16, 1938.  4 pages.
229-231 
          
Addition to German Patent Appl. R 103,362 IVd/12 o.  Process for the 
production of alcohols from unsaturated hydrocarbons.  April 19, 1939.  3 pages.
232-240 
          
German patent application.  Highly active iron catalysts for carrying 
out the carbon monoxide hydrogenation.  December 8, 1939, (duplicated on Frames 
317-325.)   9 pages.
241-245 
          
German patent application R 558.  Process for the transformation of 
higher alcohols or alcohol mixtures into alkali salts of fatty acids by reaction 
with alkali halides.  March 10, 1941.  5 pages.
246-249 
          
German patent application R 527.  Process for the production of high 
molecular alcohols.  August 19, 1940.  4 pages.
250-253 
          
German patent application R 530.  Process for the production of 
washing agents.  August 20, 1940.  4 pages.
254-257 
          
German patent application R 526.  Process for the condensation of high 
molecular aldehydes.  August 17, 1940.  5 pages.
258-263 
          
German patent application R 519.  Process for the production of sulfonation products from unsaturated hydrocarbons.  July 12, 1940.  6 pages.
264-267 
          
German patent application R 489.  Process for obtaining pure 
oxygen-containing derivatives of aliphatic hydrocarbons, particularly fatty 
acids or alcohols.  January 24, 1940.   4 pages.
268-273 
          
German patent application R 537.  Process for using the alkalininty of 
the catalyst as a regulator for the CO:H2 consumption ratio.  
September 11, 1940, (Duplicated on Frames 286-294).  6 pages.
274-277           
Duplicate of frames 215-218.  4 pages.
278-285 
          
German patent application R 548.  Process for the production of highly 
active catalysts for the carbon monoxide hydrogenation from iron-containing 
wastes of the alumina production by alkaline decomposition.  January 16, 1941.  
(Similar to patent specification R 490 reproduced on Frames 305-308A).   8 
pages.
286-295           
Duplicate of frames 268-273.  9 pages.
295-298 
          
German patent application R 512.  Process for the purification of aldehydes and ketones.  May 10, 1940.   4 pages.
299-304 
          
German patent application R 504.  Process for the production of 
smoke-producing materials.  April 24, 1940.  6 pages.
305-308 
          
German patent application R 490.  Iron-containing catalysts for the 
carbon monoxide hydrogenation.  February 2, 1940.  (Similar to patent 
specification R 548 reproduced on frames 278-285).   5 pages.
309-311 
          
German patent application R 487.  Process for the production of 
valuable OXO compounds.  January 26, 1940.  (Addition to German Patent 
Application R 103,362 IVd/12 o).   3 pages.
312-316 
          
German patent application R 479.  Process for removal of the heat of 
reaction in the carbon monoxide hydrogenation.  January 5, 1940.  5 pages.
317-325           
Duplicate of frames 232-240.  9 pages.
326-331 
          
German patent applications R 418 and R 416.  Process for the 
regeneration of catalysts for the carbon monoxide hydrogenation.  November 5, 
1938.  (Addition to German Patent Appl. R 97,394 IV c/12 o).   6 pages.
332-336 
          
German patent applications R 421 and R 351.  Process for the 
production of anti-knock fuel from products of the carbon monoxide 
hydrogenation.   June 18, 1937.  5 pages.
337-339 
          
Influence of the condition of kieselguhr on the stability of the 
catalyst.  Conference report by Roelen and Heckel. September 12, 1939.  3 pages.
340-348 
          
Development of catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis.  By Roelen.  
August 18, 1939. (Also on TOM reel 296, frames 6959-6967.)   9 pages.
349-353           
Duplicate of frames 40-43.  5 pages.
354-356 
          
Dependence of the quality of the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst on the 
condition of its components.  Conference report by Roelen and Heckel.  March 28, 
1939.  3 pages.  
357-358           
Experiments with a Lurgi iron catalyst.  
Undated.  2 pages.  
359-362 
          
Production of cobalt catalysts by precipitation with carbon 
dioxide-ammonia gas mixtures.  Report from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut fur Kohlenforschun of work between Ocotber 1937 and April 1938.   4 pages.
363-367 
          
Discussion on catalyst problems.  Conference report by Heckel.  
January 26, 1939.  5 pages.  
368-376 
          
Japanese kieselguhrs as carrier substances for catalysts.  By Heckel.  
September 7, 1938. (Three tables and three pages of graphs attached).  (Also on 
TOM reel 296, frames 7048-7056.)   9 pages.
377-384 
          
Influence of the kieselguhr type and of the reduction on the activity 
of catalysts.  By Heckel.  September 8, 1938.  (Five graphs attached).  (Also on 
TOM reel 296, frames 7040-7047.)   8 pages.
385-395 
          Influence of the cobalt and thorium content on the stability and life 
of catalysts.  By Roelen.  August 24, 1937. (Nine graphs attached.)   11 pages.
396-413           These frames are missing. 
414-415 
          
Use of primary fatty acids.  Note by Roelen.  May 4, 1943.   2 pages.
416-417 
          
Production of soap from the fatty acids yielded in the gasoline 
synthesis.  Letter by Martin and Wachter, dated March 11, 1943.   2 pages.
418-421 
          
Soap production from by-products of the carbon monoxide 
hydrogenation.  By Roelen.  August 30, 1941.  (A page on soap production taken 
from Chemie und Technologie der Fette und Fettprodukte, by Dr. H. Schonfeld, 2nd 
ed., Vol. IV, p. 176, (1939) is attached.)   4 pages.
422 
                 
Internal letter concerning Patent Application R 584 dealing 
with the manufacture of soap.  By Roelen.  August 22, 1941.  (Duplicated on 
Frame 426).  1 page.
423-425 
          
German patent application.  Process for the production of fatty acids 
from fatty aldehydes.  By Roelen.  August 22, 1941, (Duplicated on Frames 
427-429).  3 pages.
426                  
Duplicate of frame 422.  1 page.
427-429           
Duplicate of frames 423-425.  3 pages.
430-431           
Separation of fatty acid mixtures.  
Letter by Roelen.  February 3, 1942.  2 pages.
432 
                 
Soap samples. Internal letter  by Büchner.  December 3, 1941.  
1 page.
433-435 
          
Test of soap flakes from the synthesis of OXO compounds.  By Amende.  
August 20, 1941, I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G., Ludwigshafen.  (Two washing tests 
attached).  3 pages.
436-441 
          
Utilization of the emulsion layer on the caustic soda liquor of the 
large scale plant.  By Büchner.  June 30, 1942.  6 pages.
442-448 
          
Internal letter relating to objections to a patent specification, R 
572, on the conversion of olefins.  By Roelen.  June 11, 1942, (U.S. Patent 
2,135,459 referred to).   7 pages.
449-451 
          
The purification of crude soap by extraction.  By Büchner.  July 28, 
1941.  (One table attached.)   3 pages.
452-457 
          
German patent specification N 43,538, IVa/23 e.  Process for the 
separation of unsaponifiable components from their mixtures with saponifiable 
compounds.  By Dr. Hermann Pardun, inventor, to Noblee & Thörl G.m.b.H.  August 
23, 1939.  6 pages.
458                  
Sample of fatty acid.  Letter to Chemische Werke 
Aussig-Falkenau.  May 5, 1941.  1 page.
459-469 
          
Synthesis production of fat.  By Roelen.  July 21, 1943, Attached are 
operation data and cost of synthetic fat production and one flow sheet, letter 
by Brabag to Ruhrchemie for records re fat synthesis, and two flow sheets.   13 
pages.
470-471           
Synthetic fat production.  By Martin.  
July 13 and 14, 1943.  3 pages.
472-474 
          
German patent specification M 138,824 IVa/23 e.  Separation of 
unsaponifiable portions from saponified products of hydrocarbon oxidation.  July 
31, 1937, Märkische Seifenindustrie, Witten.   3 pages.
475 
                 
Objection to a patent application regarding sulfonation of 
fatty alcohols.  By Roelen.  February 13, 1941.  (German Patent Applications M 
136,992 and R 474 referred to).  1 page.
476-479 
          
Transformation of higher alcohols into fatty acid salts.  Draft of a 
patent specification.  By Roelen.  Feburary 12, 1941.  (One flow sheet 
attached).  4 pages.
480-481           
Oxidation of aldehydes.  By Roelen.  
August 12, 1940.  2 pages.
482-486 
          
Experiments for processing OXO soap.  By Roelen.  July 4, 1940.  5 
pages.
487-488 
          
Diluting raw aldehyde with heavy oil in fatty acid production.  By 
Roelen.  June 17, 1940.  2 pages.
489-492 
          
Examination of a paraffin gatch.  Test report by Leithe.  January 27, 
1940. Ammonia Laboratory, I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G., Oppau.  4 pages.
493-494 
          
Fragmentary document, only frame 494, by Roelen (allegedly dated April 
10, 1940), is present.  1 page.
495-503 
          
Production of fatty acid by OXO synthesis.  Letters signed by Roelen, 
April 1, 1940, and Dr. Paul Schneider, February 1, 1940, Generalsachverständige 
für deutsche Roh- und Werkstoffe.  (Flow sheets attached.)   9 pages.
504-505 
          
Yield of the gasoline synthesis with an iron catalyst.  By Dr. 
Schneider.  February 1, 1940, Generalsachverständige für deutsche Roh- und 
Werkstoffe.  2 pages.
506-507 
          
Increase of the yield of fatty acid in paraffin oxidation. By Roelen.  
January 4, 1940.  2 pages.
508-509 
          
Synthesis of fatty acids.  By Roelen.  December 27, 1939.  (German 
Patent 588,763 referred to.)   2 pages.
510-514 
          
Reaction between carbon monoxide and water with regard to fatty acid 
synthesis.  By Roelen.  December 4, 1939.  5 pages.
515-516 
          
Samples of fatty acid from the Diesel oil fraction of the Fischer 
synthesis.  Letter dated December 2, 1938, Henkel & Cie, Düsseldorf.   2 pages.
517-518 
          
Test (by Dr. Thieme) of a fatty acid.  By Roelen.  December 23, 1938.  
2 pages.
519-520 
          
Transformation of "A" oils into soap.  By Roelen.  November 22, 1938.  
(One flow sheet attached.)   2 pages.
521-524 
          
Desirable qualities of paraffin gatsch for fatty acid synthesis.  By 
Dr. Velde.  October 20, 1938.  4 pages.
525-528 
          
Acids obtained in the gasoline synthesis.  By Lachmann. September 13, 
1938.  4 pages.
529                  
Production of paraffin for the 
fatty acid synthesis.  By Bahr.  August 26, 1938.  1 page.
530 
                 
Testing of hard paraffins.  Letter dated June 9, 1937, I.G. 
Farbenindustrie A.G., Ludwigshafen.  1 page.
531 
                 
Obtaining fatty acids by oxidation of hard paraffin.  Letter 
signed by Roelen, dated August 18, 1936.  1 page.
532-536           
Several short documents 
concerning sulfur removal and the purification of safety gas.  1943-1944.  5 
pages.
537-538 
          
Catalytic final purification of synthesis gas.  By Roelen.  July 30, 
1942.  2 pages.
539                  
Coke gas purification.  By Roelen.  
February 9, 1942.  1 page.
540 
                 
Method for raising the porosity of the fine purifying 
substance.  December 12, 1941.  1 page.
541-546 
          
Fine purifying materials.  By Roelen.  April 22, 1940.  6 pages.
547-552           
Desulfurization of the outgoing air in spinning mills.  By 
Roelen.  January 31, 1939.  (Table and two letters from Spinnstoffwerk A.G., 
Glauchau included)  6 pages.  6 pages.
553-557 
          
General problems of desulfurization.  By Schuff.  September 27, 1938.  
5 pages.
558-560 
          
Determination of sulfur in the final gas of a two-shaft furnace.  By Roelen.  July 20, 1938. 3 pages.
561-563 
          
Production of pure hydrogen from gases containing sulfur and carbon 
monoxide.  By Roelen.  March 5, 1936.  3 pages.
564-567 
          
Desulfurization of gases containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen in 
the presence of thiophene.  April 5, and May 31, 1938.  (Reference is made to an 
English patent application A 302.)   4 pages.
568-569 
          
Desulfurization of hydrocarbon vapors.  Letters between Roelen and 
Kalk concerning French Patent 784,337 (A 303).  Januray 31, and Feburary 3, 
1938.  2 pages.  2 pages.