Method of forming metal oxide catalytic pellets

Claim 1

THE STEPS IN THE METHOD OF FORMING A CATALYST COMPRISING MAINTAINING A MULTIPLICITY OF JETS OF AIR AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT AMBIENT TO ABOUT 400*F. PASSING UPWARDLY INTO THE BOTTOM OF A FLUIDIZING ZONE HAVING AN INLET END AND DISCHARGE END, INTRODUCING METAL HYDROXIDE METAL ACID PHOSPHATE PELLETS INTO THE INLET END OF SAID FLUIDIZING ZONE, SAID AIR FLUIDIZING SAID PELLETS AND CONVERTING THE METAL ACID PHOSPHATE TO METAL PHOSPHATE, THE SAID FLUIDIZED PELLETS PROGRESSIVELY PASSING THROUGH SAID ZONE AND DISCHARGING THROUGH THE DISCHARGE END OF THE ZONE, MAINTAINING A MULTIPLICITY OF JETS OF AIR AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 500*F. TO ABOUT 1400*F. DISCHARGING UPWARDLY INTO THE BOTTOM OF A SECOND FLUIDIZING ZONE, INTRODUCING PELLETS PASSED THROUGH THE FIRST FLUIDIZING ZONE INTO THE SECOND FLUIDIZING ZONE, SAID AIR IN THE SECOND FLUIDIZING ZONE FLUIDIZING THE PELLETS AND FORMING A METAL HYDROXIDE-OXIDE MIXTURE IN THE PELLETS, SAID FLUIDIZED PELLETS PROGRESSIVELY PASSING THROUGH SAID SECOND FLUIDIZING ZONE AND DISCHARGING THROUGHT THE DISCHARGE END THEREOF.