Six copper oxide-alumina catalysts were prepared using cupric chloride, bromide, nitrate, or sulfate in conjunction with sodium or potassium hydroxide, with wet or dry alumina as the carrier. The pore-size distributions were determined by the Cranston-lnkley method, based on adsorption isotherms. The resulting distributions, unimodal or multimodal, were adequately represented by simple or complex Weibull distributions. The surface areas based on the Cranston-lnkley method were compared with the BET areas.