Aluminum chlorhydroxy alcogels and process of making same

Claim 1

AN ALCOGEL COMPRISING AN ALCOGEL MEDIUM CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A WATER-SOLUBLE SATURED ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LOWER MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS AND POLYALKYLENE GLYCOLS, THE LATTER HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT NOT IN EXCESS OF 600, AND WATER, AND CONTAINING AN ALUMIUM CHLORHYDROXY COMPLEX HAVING FROMFOUR TO SEVEN ATOMS OF ALUMIUM FOR EACH THREE ATOMS OF CHLORINE, AND A WATER-SOLUBLE NONTOXIC ALKALINE COMPOUND OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF THE ALKALI METALS, ALKALINE EARTH METALS, AND AMMONIUM, HYDROXIDES OF THE ALKALI METALS, ALKALINE EARTH METALS, AND AMMONIUM, AND SALTS OF ALKALI METALS ALKALINE EARTH METALS, AND AMMONIUM HAVING A PH ABOVE ABOUT 6.5 IN AQUEOUS 1 N SOLUTION, SELECTED FROM THE FROUP CONSISTING OF BICARBONATES, CARBONATES, PHOSPHATES, TARTRATES, AND CITRATES, SAID ALKALINE COMPOUND BEING IN AN AMOUNT WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 0.04 TO ABOUT 0.2 EQUIVALENT WEIGHT, CALCULATED AS THE ALKALI HYDROXIDEPER ATOMIC WEIGHT OF ALUMINUM PRESENT AS ALUMINUM CHLORHYDROXY COMPLEX, SUFFICIENT WATER WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 TO 4 PARTS PER PART BYWEIGHT OF ALUMINUM CHLORHYDROXY COMPLEX, BEING PRESENT TO DISPERSE THE ALUMINUM COMPOUND TO FORM A NONGELLING LIQUID DISPERSION IN THE ABSENCE OF THE ALCOHOL, AND SUFFICIENT ALCOHOL WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 23 TO ABOUT 300 VOLUMES PER VOLUME OF WATER BEING PRESENT TO COVERT SUCH DISPSION INTO AN ALCOGEL.