water which contains a glycol such as polyethylene glycol in an amount of about 2 weight percent the aluminum chlorohydrate is mixed with water in an amount of about 2 parts by weight to about 1 part by weight of water and 3 parts by weight of isopropanol the alkali is employed as about a 30 weight percent aqueous solution in an amount of about 100 parts by weight per about 14 parts by weight of group ii metal oxide that is in a quantity of alkali to convert the chlorine of the organic chloride to a volatile alkali chloride in general the aqueous slurry of the group ii metal oxide or hydroxide is added with agitation to the organic complex and the gel is allowed to form while being agitated the solidified gel is broken down and to it is added a slurry of the hydroxide to hydrolize all salts to their respective hydroxides the resulting material is dried pulverized and heated for a sufficient time at a sufficient temperature to burn out the organic matter and volatilize the alkali chlorides the resultant material is then heated up to about 2700 u00b0 f over a period of about 20 hours after which it is cooled the method of this invention is demonstrated in greater detail by the following examples 99 g of rehydrol ii 150 g of isopropanol and 50 g of distilled water were combined to form a first mixture 14 g of magnesium oxide 500 g of water and 10 g polyethylene glycol 6 800 mw were combined to form a second mixture the two mixtures were combined while mixing and after 90 seconds a thick gel had formed.