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Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A SOLID UNFRACTURED STRUCTURE OF SULFONATED PHENOL-SULFONATED RESORCINOL-ALDEHYDE CONDENSATION PRODUCTS HAVING AT LEAST TWO DIMENSIONS EACH IN EXCESS OF 0.25 INCH, AND COMPRISING AS AN ESSENTIAL PART EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT SAID STRUCTURE A PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF A CATION-EXCHANGE RESIN COMPRISING COMBINING A SULFONATED PHENOL AND A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A SULFONATED RESORCINOL AND SULFONATED 5-SUBSTITUTED RESORCINOLS HAVING TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO METHYLOL FORMATION, WITH AN ALDEHYDE IN THE MOLAR RATIO OF 0.5 TO 0.9 MOL OF PHENOL PER MOL OF PHENOL PLUS RESORCINOL, OR PHENOL PLUS SUBSTITUITED RESORCINOLS, AND 1.3 TO 2.0 MOLS OF ALDEHYDE PER MOL OF PHENOL PLUS RESORCINOL, OR PHENOL PLUS SUBSTITUTED RESORCINOLS, IN WATER, AND HEATING SAID COMBINATION TO EFFECT THE CONDENSATION THEREOF TO THE WATER INSOLUBLE, INFUSIBLE STAGE WHILE MAINTAINED UNDER CONDITIONS PREVENTIVE OF SUBSTANTIAL EVAPORATION OF WATER, THERE BEING PRESENT THROUGHOUT SAID SOLID MATERIAL AFTER 30% WATER (BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF SOLID MATERIAL AFTER DRYING TO A CONSTANT WEIGHT AT 105* C.).

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING A SOLID UNFRACTURED STRUCTURE OF SULFONATED PHENOL-SULFONATED RESORCINOL-ALDEHYDE CONDENSATION PRODUCTS HAVING AT LEAST TWO DIMENSIONS EACH IN EXCESS OF 0.25 INCH, AND COMPRISING AS AN ESSENTIAL PART EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT SAID STRUCTURE A PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF A CATION-EXCHANGE RESIN COMPRISING COMBINING A SULFONATED PHENOL AND A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A SULFONATED RESORCINOL AND SULFONATED 5-SUBSTITUTED RESORCINOLS HAVING TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO METHYLOL FORMATION, WITH AN ALDEHYDE IN THE MOLAR RATIO OF 0.5 TO 0.9 MOL OF PHENOL PER MOL OF PHENOL PLUS RESORCINOL, OR PHENOL PLUS SUBSTITUITED RESORCINOLS, AND 1.3 TO 2.0 MOLS OF ALDEHYDE PER MOL OF PHENOL PLUS RESORCINOL, OR PHENOL PLUS SUBSTITUTED RESORCINOLS, IN WATER, AND HEATING SAID COMBINATION TO EFFECT THE CONDENSATION THEREOF TO THE WATER INSOLUBLE, INFUSIBLE STAGE WHILE MAINTAINED UNDER CONDITIONS PREVENTIVE OF SUBSTANTIAL EVAPORATION OF WATER, THERE BEING PRESENT THROUGHOUT SAID SOLID MATERIAL AFTER 30% WATER (BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF SOLID MATERIAL AFTER DRYING TO A CONSTANT WEIGHT AT 105* C.).