METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROSIZED AMORPHOUS PARTICLES OF METAL PHOSPHATE

The process for producing microsized amorphous particles of a metal phosphate incorporates the steps of forming a solution of a metal alkoxide in an organic solvent, forming an aqueous phosphoric acid solution, introducing the alkoxide and the phosphoric acid solutions into a reactor vessel wherein the solutions are immiscible and forming two separate liquid phases with an interface, applying agitation to at least the region of the interface to promote a reaction between the metal alkoxide and said phosphoric acid at the interface, collecting the reaction product, and firing it in an oxygen containing environment at a temperature sufficiently high to drive off the organic residue.