THE OXIDATION OF METHANE AT HIGH PRESSURES: I. PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS
- 1 September 1937
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Research
- Vol. 15b (9) , 375-382
- https://doi.org/10.1139/cjr37b-043
Abstract
Mixtures of oxygen and methane at pressures from 100 to 180 atm. were passed at various temperatures between 300° and 350 °C. over some catalysts. Simple apparatus was used and analytical technique developed. The production of methanol as an important product of oxidation, together with small quantities of formaldehyde and formic acid, was shown. Yields of these three products as high as 37% of the carbon oxidized were obtained.Keywords
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