PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ANIONIC CLAYS USING MAGNESIUM ACETATE

摘要

This patent describes economical and environment-friendly processes for the synthesis of anionic clays and anionic clay-like materials with acetate anions as the charge-balancing interlayer species. It involves combining a slurry of a gibbsite or its thermally treated form with a slurry or solution of a magnesium source and magnesium acetate. The product is not washed, needs no filtration and exists in a close to neutral pH condition. It can be spray dried directly to form microspheres or can be extruded to form shaped bodies. Because of the absence of foreign salts the product can be combined with other ingredients in the manufacture of catalysts, absorbents, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, and other commodity products that contain anionic clays.