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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Hidekatsu Kawazu, Niihama, JP;
Osamu Yamanishi, Niihama, JP;
Kazuya Tsuchimoto, Niihama, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A high-strength α-alumina formed body with a low soda content, of which pore distribution is controlled, can be provided in an easy and inexpensive manner. The α-alumina formed body can be produced by a method comprising calcining a gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide to obtain rehydratable alumina powder; forming the rehydratable alumina powder in the presence of water to obtain a formed body; maintaining the formed body in the presence of water at about 110-200° C., to rehydrate the formed body; and calcining the rehydrated formed body at about 1200° C. or higher. The α-alumina formed body is useful as a carrier for catalysts, chemicals, microbes for food leftover disposal and the like.