Method of preparing a hydrogenation catalyst composition consisting of the oxides of zirconium and an iron group metal

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING A CATALYST CONTAINING ZIRCONIUM OXIDE AND A CATALYTIC METAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKEL AND COBALT WHICH COMPRISES FORMING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING AMMONIUM ZIRCONYL CARBONATE AND A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKELAMMINE CARBONATE AND COBALTAMMINE CARBONATE, WHEREIN THE CATALYTIC METAL CONTENT IS IN THE RANGE OF 0.1% TO 5% BY WEIGHT AND THE ZIRCONIUM CONTENT IS IN THE RANGE OF 2% TO 10% OF THE WEIGHT OF THE CATALYTIC METAL CONTENT, EVAPORATING SUFFICIENT AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE SOLUTION TO CAUSE THE COPRECIPITATION OF THE BASIC CARBONATES OF ZIRCONIUM AND A CATALYTIC METAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKEL AND COBALT, AND REDUCING THE ZIRCONIUM-CATALYTIC METAL PRECIPITATE TO RENDER THE CATALYTIC METAL ACTIVE.