Copper Chromium Oxide as a Catalyst in the Hydrogenation of Castor Oil

Author

Mary Sebaldus Rueger, Marquette University

Date of Award

8-1939

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Herbert Heinrich

Second Advisor

Donald J. Keegan

Abstract

Catalysts are essential to most hydrogenation reactions. Very few hydrogenations occur in the absence of some sort of catalyst. Thus, the earlier work of Bergius on coal hydrogenation was non-catalytic, but more recently the process has become practically entirely catalytic thru the development of the I. G. Farbenindustrie in Germany.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recommended Citation

Rueger, Mary Sebaldus, "Copper Chromium Oxide as a Catalyst in the Hydrogenation of Castor Oil" (1939). Bachelors’ Theses. 2168.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/2168