Polymeric aluminum oxide hydroxides

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCING OF POLYMERIC ALUMINUM OXIDE HYDROXIDES WHICH COMPRISES FIRST FORMING A POLYMERIC ALUMINUM OXIDE ALCOHOLATE BY REACTING WATER WITH AN ALUMINUM ALCOHOLATE OF AN HYDROXY HYDROCARBON VOLATILIZABLE FROM THE ALUMINUM PRODUCT ULTIMATELY FORMED BY THE HEREIN SPECIFIED PROCESS, IN A MOLAR PROPORTION OF 0.5-1:1, RESPECTIVELY, AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 60*C, WHILE PREVENTING NOT MORE THAN THE STATED PROPORTION OF WATER TO COPME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ALCOHOLATE IN ANY PART OF THE REACTING MASS, CONTINUING THE REACTION UNTIL LIBERATION OF ALCOHOL BY PARTIAL HYDROLYSIS OF THE ALUMINUM ALCOHOLATE CEASES, THE ADDING ADDITIONAL WATER IN AN AMOUNT PROVIDING A TOTAL PROPORTION OF FROM 2 TO ABOUT 2.5 MOLS PER MOL OF ALCOHOLATE INITIALLY USED, REACTING THE RESULTING MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE ABOUT 60*C, AT WHICH REACTION OCCURS WITH LIBERATION OF HYDROXY HYDROCARBON DERIVED FROM THE REMAINING ALCOHOLATE GROUPS IN SAID POLYMERIC ALUMINUM OXIDE ALCOHOLATE, AND CONTINUING THE HEATING UNTIL LIBERATED HYDROXY HYDROCARBON NO LONGER DISTILLS OFF THEREBY FORMING THE POLYMERIC ALUMINUM OXIDE HYDROXIDE.