Abstract
It appears pertinent for the opening of this review to cite the work of Ipatiew [1]. In 1901 he reported that certain metals catalyzed the decomposition of alcohols even above the melting points of the catalyst metals, However, he gave no special attention to the catalytic activity of the molten metal (liquid metal), and thus 20 years or more elapsed without any significant advances in the research on the catalysis of the liquid metal.

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