Modified aluminoborates having increased surface area and methods of making

Abstract

Salt modified aluminoborates and processes of producing them are described. The salt modified aluminoborate has a weight ratio of Al:B in the range of 1.5 to 2.5, and it has an XRD diffraction pattern substantially similar to the XRD pattern of known aluminoborates. It can be produced using temperatures in the range of 20° C. to 40° C. and a solid:liquid ratio of 1:20 to 1:100, or temperatures in the range of 50 to 100° C. and a solid:liquid ratio of 1:10 to 1:40 will produce a salt modified aluminoborate with the properties described below. Calcining the salt modified aluminoborate produces different XRD diffraction patterns depending on the temperature used for the calcining.

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