Process of preparing a napalm composition containing a finely divided inert carrier

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ALUMINUM SOAP OF A MIXTURE OF ORGANIC ACIDS SELECTED FROM COCOANUT OIL FATTY ACIDS, NAPHTHENIC ACID AND OLEIC ACID, ADAPTED ON ADDITION TO GASOLINE TO CAUSE A GELLING THEREOF, WHICH PROCESS INCLUDES SAPONIFYING A MIXTURE OF SAID ORGANIC ACIDS WITH SODIUM HYDROXIDE, THEREBY PRODUCING A SODIUM SOAP OF SAID ORGANIC ACIDS, FOLLOWED BY PRECIPITATION OF THE ALUMINUM SOAP OF SAID ORGANIC ACIDS BY ADDING ALUMINUM SULFATE TO AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF SAID SODIUM SOAP, AND THEREAFTER DRYING THE SAID ALUMINUM SOAP, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES ADDING TO AND DISPERSING INTO SAID MATERIALS PRIOR TO SAID DRYING FROM 5-20% BY WEIGHT OF THE ALUMINUM SOAP SO FORMED OF A FINELY DIVIDED INERT CARRIER HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE WHICH WILL AT LEAST PREDOMINANTLY PASS THROUGH A 100 MESH SCREEN, SELECTED FROM AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, SILICA GEL, TALC, ACTIVATED CARBON AND ALUMINA, AND AFTER SAID DRYING RECOVERING A UNIFORM PULVERULENT ALUMINUM SOAP.