Oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts and their method of preparation

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IN THE METHOD OF PREPARING A CATALYST FOR USE IN PROCESES FOR OXIDATIVELY DEHYDROGENATING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WHEREIN THE METHOD COMPRISES PREPARING A SOLUTION OF A SOLUBLE IRON COMPONENT AND ANOTHER SOLUBLE METAL COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MG, CA, SR, BA, MN, CR, CO, NI, ZN, CD AND MIXTURES THEREOF, CONTACTING SAID SOLUTION OF SOLUBLE COMPONENTS WITH A PRECIPITATION AGENT TO PRECIPITATE AN INSOLUBLE COMPONENT OF IRON AND THE OTHER METAL AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 20* TO 100*C. AND A PRESSURE OF .5 TO 50 ATMOSPHERES, RECOVERING AND FILTERING SAID INSOLUBLE COMPONENT OF CALCINING SAID METAL COMPONENT TO FORM METAL FERRITE, WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES ADDING 0.1 TO 4 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON THE METAL COMPONENT OF A SOLUBLE POLYHYDRIC ORGANIC COMPOUND TO SAID SOLUTION PRIOR TO CONTACTING SAID SOLUTION WITH SAID PRECIPITATING AGENT, SAID POLYHYYDRIC COMPOUND HAVING A NUMBER AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 3,000 TO 4000,000 AND FURTHER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYESTERS DERIVED FROM POLYBASIC HYDROCARBYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND HYDROCARBYL POLYOLS; POLYETHERS BEING THE CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE, PROPYLENE OXIDE OR MIXTURE THEREOF WITH POLYOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES AND MIXTURES THEREOF, SAID INSOLUBLE METAL COMPONENT BEING A GELATINOUS MATERIALS.