Amorphous hydrocarbon conversion catalysts and process for preparing same

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PROCESS FOR PREPARING CATALYST COMPOSITIONS WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING AN AQUEOUS REACTION MIXTURE HAVING A COMPOSITION EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF MOLE RATIOS OF OXIDES AS QG2O. FFE2O3. GL2O3. HSO4, IXO4, JH2O WHEREIN G REPRESENTS AT LEAST ONE CATION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NH4+, H+. AG+, AND ALKALI METAL IONS, WHEREIN L2O3 REPRESENTS AT LEAST ONE OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OG AL2O3, CR2O3, V2O3, LA2O3, AND CE2O3: XO4 REPRESENTS AT LEAST ONE OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PO4, MOO4, VO4, SIO4, AND TLO4; Q HAS A VALUE OF FROM 0.5 TO 6.0:F HAS A VALUE OF FROM 1.5 TO 4.0:G HAS A VALUE OF FROM 0 TO 1.0:H HAS A VALUE OF FROM 8.0 TO 10.0; I HAS A VALUE OF FROM 0 TO 2.0; J HAS A VALUE OF FROM 100 TO 1,000; THE SUM OF F + G HAS A VALUE NOT EXCEEDING 4.0; ESTABLISHING THE PH OF SAID REACTION MIXTURE IN THE RANGE OF 1.5 TO 4.5, DIGESTING SAID AQUEOUS REACTION MIXTURE WITHIN A TEMPERATURE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 80 TO ABOUT 2000C. FOR A PERIOD OF FROM AT LEAST 4 HOURS TO A PERIOD SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE CRYSTALLIZATION, RECOVERING THE CRYSTALLINE REACTION PRODUCT, AND CALCINING THE CRYSTALLINE REACTION PRODUCT AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 650*C, TO 900*C.