The document describes a study that prepared porous alumina ceramics as supports for hydrogen gas separation membranes. Four formulations of alumina, polyvinyl alcohol, and magnesium nitrate were used to create 18 porous alumina supports. The supports were characterized by measuring their fired weight, soaked weight, suspended weight, porosity, water absorption, and bulk density. An analysis of variance test was used to determine if properties differed significantly between formulations.