Inventors:
P. Donald Hopkins - St. Charles IL
Bernard L. Meyers - Wheaton IL
Donna M. Van Duch - Naperville IL
Assignee:
Standard Oil Company (Indiana) - Chicago IL
International Classification:
B01J 2116
Abstract:
Expanded layer, smectite clay having a regular pore structure suitable for catalytic uses and a process for preparing said expanded clay by treating a suspension of commercial smectite clay with a chromium-oligomer solution and subjecting the treated clay to a stabilization heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere.