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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.)