Coal Tar Industry in Europe and America

Abstract

The recent developments of coal tar industry and activities of tar research laboratories in Europe and the United States is: narrated by the author who visited 80 firms in these countries. The American tar industry is discussed in rela-tion with the iron, coke and coal tar chemicals' industries. The British developments in gas and tar industries are reviewed. Several laboratories in the U. S. and Eng-land concerning the tar utilization are outlined. Tar industries in other European countries, West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden, are briefly described.