A novel catalyst is prepared by steps including admixing a water soluble alkali metal silicate with an aqueous medium containing carefully controlled amounts of dissolved water soluble substances which are sources of calcium ion and magnesium ion, and reacting the same to produce an aqueous finely divided suspension of the reaction product. A micelle-forming surfactant is admixed with the aqueous medium, and the aqueous medium containing the finely divided particles of the reaction product and the surfactant is agitated to form catalyst micelles. The invention further provides the novel catalyst prepared by the process of the invention. A wide variety of carbonaceous materials having active sites may be reacted with water and/or the constituents thereof in the presence of the catalyst to produce novel products.
| Inventors: | Willard, Sr.; John W. (Rapid City, SD) |
| Assignee: | CAW Industries, Inc. (Rapid City, SD) |
| Appl. No.: | 05/317,097 |
| Filed: | December 20, 1972 |
