A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SOLID DISPERSIONS OF ACID SALTS OF TETRAVALENT METALS HAVING LAMELLAR STRUCTURE IN AN INERT INORGANIC MATRIX, AND THE PRODUCTS SO OBTAINED

摘要

This invention relates to a process for the preparation of solid dispersions of acid salts of tetravalent metals having lamellar structure and their salt derivatives in a silica matrix, said process consisting in a delamination of the compounds mentioned above by means of an amine, till obtaining a colloidal dispersion, in the operation of mixing said colloidal dispersion with water solutions of silica, in the gelling of silica, possibly in the process of eluting the gel products with a mineral or organic acid, and in a heat treatment at a temperature between 80 DEG C and 650 DEG C. The solid dispersions so obtained have large surface areas and can be employed as cationic exchangers; in addition, their acidity is such as to make them suitable as catalysts for acid-catalyzed reactions.