Method of solidifying liquid fuel and product thereby obtained

Claim 1

A RAPIDLY GELLED SOLID COMPRISING A RELATIVELY MINOR PROPORTION OF THE SALT OF AN ORGANIC ACID MATERIAL HAVING AT LEAST ONE CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUP ATTACHED TO A HYDROCARBON GROUP WITH AT LEAST SIX CARBON ATOMS AND A BASE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDES, AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE, BARIUM HYDROXIDE, TRIETHYLENETRAMINE, TERTRAETHLENEPENTAMINE AND AMINOETHANOL, AND A RELATIVELY MAJOR PROPORTION OF A FUEL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBONS AND ALCOHOLS, SAID FUEL BEING DISPERSED THROUGHOUT AND BOUND INTO SAID SALT, WHICH SERVES AS A MATRIX FOR SAID FUEL SAID ORGANIC ACID MATERIAL COMPRISING AN EFFECTIVE PROPORTION, NO LESS THAN ABOUT ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PERCENT BASED ON THE TOTAL ORGINAL VOLUME OF CONSTITUENTS OF WHICH SAID GELLED FUEL IS MADE, ON A LIQUID BASIS, OF A POLYBASIC FATTY POLYMER, AT LEAST DIMER.