CHEMICALS, NAMELY, ULTRA-FINE, SUB-MICRON AND NANOMETER, DIAMETER CERAMIC FIBERS AND DERIVED SLURRIES CAPABLE OF BEING FORMED INTO FINISHED PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED PHYSICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FILTERS, INCLUDING STRENGTHENED PLASTIC, METAL AND CERAMIC COMPOSITES, MEDICAL IMPLANT COMPOSITES, AS AN ADDITIVE IN THE PRODUCTION OF FILTERS AND CARTRIDGES THAT WOULD FILTER SUB-MICRON PARTICLES IN MICROELECTRONICS MANUFACTURE, AS A FILTER FOR REMOVING BACTERIA AND VIRUS FROM WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS IN THE LABORATORY, IN BEVERAGE MANUFACTURE, PURIFYING MEDICINAL SERUMS, AS A FILTER OR SORBENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURE, AS SORBENT OR SORBENT ADDITIVE FOR REMOVING DISSOLVED METALS FROM WATER, AS A COATING MATERIAL ONTO PLASTICS AND FIBERS FOR ABSORBING ENVIRONMENTALLY OBJECTIONABLE AND TOXIC CHEMICALS AND BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES INCLUDING VIRUS, AS A COMPONENT IN MEDIA FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF PROTEINS AND BIOCHEMICAL MOLECULES, AS A COMPONENT IN IMMOBILIZING SUBSTRATES FOR ENZYMES, BACTERIA AND ANIMAL CELLS FOR SYNTHESIZING PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOCHEMICALS, AS A CATALYST SUPPORT, AS A COMPONENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPACITORS, AS A COLLECTOR/CONCENTRATOR FOR SAMPLING BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN AIR AND WATER, AS AN ADDITIVE TO ELECTROPHORESIS GELS