A study is performed of the main ways of preparing aluminum oxides; the advantages of products of the thermal activation of hydrargillite (gibbsite) for preparing catalysts, supports, and sorbents; factors that influence the products of thermal activation and aluminum oxides according to the technology of thermal activation; and examples of effectively using products of the centrifugal thermal activation of hydrargillite to prepare catalysts, supports, and sorbents.

The paper considers the main methods used to obtain aluminum oxides; the advantages of using hydrargillite thermal activation products for the synthesis of catalysts, supports and sorbents; the factors affecting the properties of thermal activation products and aluminum oxides obtained by thermal activation; and examples of the efficient application of hydrargillite centrifugal thermal activation products in the synthesis of catalysts, supports and sorbents.