Process for stably dispersing metal compounds

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF PREPARING A STABLE DISPERSION OF METAL COMPOUNDS, WHEREIN THE METAL THEREOF IS SELECTED FRONM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT, SILVER ARSENIC, BISMUTH, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, COPPER, IRON, MERCURY, MANGANESE, MOLBDENUM, NICKEL, LEAD, ANITOMONY, TIN, VANADIUM, ZINC AND ZIRCONIUM, IN ANON-VOLATILE CARRIER, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISE: (A) ADMIXING AN ALCOHOL-SOLUBLE META-CONTAINING INTERMEDIATE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT ALKOXIDE-CARBONATE COMPLEXES AND METAL ALKOXIDES, WHEREIN THE METAL OF SAID METAL ALKOXIDE IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SILVER, ARSENIC, BISMUTH, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, COPPER, IRON, MERCURY, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, NICKEL, LEAD, ANTIMONY, TIN, VANADIUM, ZINC AND ZIRCONIUM, AN OIL-SOLUBLE DISPERSING AGENT, A NONVOLATILE CARRIER, AND WATER, IN AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE STOICHIOMETRIC AMOUNT REQUIRED TO HYDROLYZE ALL OF SAID ALCOHOL-SOLUBLE METAL CONTAINING INTERMEDIATE; (B) HYDROLYZING THE ALCOHOL-SOLUBLE METAL-CONTAINING INTERMEDIATE TO AN OIL-INSOLUBLE METAL COMPOUND; AND (C) REMOVING THE VOLATILE MATERIALS FROM SAID ADMIXTURE, SAID PROCESS BEING CHARACTERIZED FURTHER IN THAT THE COBALT ALKOXIDE-CARBONATE COMPLEX AND THE METAL ALKOXIDE OF STEP (A) ARE PREPARED BY A PROCESS COMPRISING: (I) REACTING AN ALCOHOL SOLUTION OF AN ALKALI METAL ALKOXIDE, WHEREIN THE ALKOXIDE RADICAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKOXIDE RADICALS DERIVED FROM MONOETHERS OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 8 CARBON ATOMS AND ALKOXIDE RADICALS DERIVED FROM MONOETHERS OF DIETHYLENE GLYCOL CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 8 CARBON ATOMS, WITH A METAL SALT, WHEREIN THE METAL OF SAID METAL SALT IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT AND THE METALS DEFINED IN STEP (A) ABOVE, TO FORM AN ALKOXIDE OF THE METAL OF METAL SALT, SAID METAL SALT BEING CHARACTERIZED FURTHER IN THAT THE CORRESPONDING ALKALI METAL SALT IS LESS SOLUBLE IN THE ALCOHOL SOLUTION THAN IS SAID METAL SALT, SAID PROCESS BEING CHARACTERIZED STILL FURTHER IN THAT THE PREPARATION OF THE COLBALT ALKOXIDE-CARBONATE COMPLEX INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL STEP OF BLOWING THE SOLUTION CONTAINING COBALT ALKOXIDE WITH CARBON DIOXIDE TO FORM SAID COBALT ALKOXIDE-CARBONATE COMPLEX.