Coal carbonisation, high and low temperature.—A treatise on the principles and processes of manufacturing coke and semi-coke. By John Roberts. Pp. xvi+406. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1927. Price 25s
✍ Scribed by Dunn, J. T.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1927
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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✦ Synopsis
The output of carbon black from tintnrcil giis in the U.S.A. in 1926 was 180,576,176 lb. (80,939,221), nn increase of 2%. Sales totnllctl 167,305,710 lb., n dccrensc of 5% compnred witti 1925 ; 49*2./, of tlic s d e s went to tlie rubber industry, 12.7% t o ink, 6.7% to paint, 6-Sy0 t o inisccllnncous uscs, wliilst 24 -GX (39,210,359 lb.) wns exported, Great Britain bciiig tlic cliicf customer, folloived in order by France, Canniln, aiid Gcrmnny. BIost of tlic protluction w i s ninde by tlic clianiiel process. The 1.4. Fubcnindurtrie Applicntion tins bcen mnilc by tlic Gcrmnn Dyc Trust to the rnil\vriy riutlioritics for tlic transport of syntlictic oils n t n clicnpcr mtc, tlic lontliiig stntions iianicd i n tlic applicntion being %cunn, Lutl\vigslden nnd Kotsclien. From this it is co~icludcd t l i r i t the Trust's cspcriiiic~i~s at tlie Jrciiiiii works iicnr Mcrscburg Iiiivc been sIIcCessfiil, a i i d that the new syiitlictic fucl trill shortly be pl:iccrl on t,lic iiinrkct. l t is nlso tlioiiglit tlirit coitl distillation plniits Iinvc been cst;iblislicrl :it lJud\vigslinfen niitl Kiitsclien.