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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4141719 | Tantalum metal powder Improved, high-purity agglomerated tantalum powders having an exceptional combination of a relatively low oxygen content, high green strength when pressed into compacts without using any binders, and, when compacted and sintered as anodes for capacitors h... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4084965 | Columbium powder and method of making the same Columbium powder capable of producing anodes of improved electrical capacitance is prepared by the addition of phosphorus-containing materials in amounts from about 5 to about 600 ppm based on elemental phosphorus.... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4054443 | Method of preparing iron powder A method for preparing iron powder for powder metallurgy and other applications from particulate iron oxide by reducing the particle size of at least part of the particulate feed material chemically reducing the feed material to increase the percentage of... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4010024 | Process for preparing metal having a substantially uniform dispersion of hard filler particles A process for preparing metal having a substantially uniform dispersion of hard filler particles. The process includes the steps of: admixing metal powder and oxide particles having a negative free energy of formation at 1000° C of at least as great as t... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3994716 | Process for the production of finely divided cobalt powders A process is described for producing cobalt powder having a particle size of about 2 microns or smaller. The process involves two basic operations: Firstly, finely divided cobaltous carbonate is prepared by precipitation from a cobaltous ammine-ammonium s... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3992192 | Metal powder production Metal powders of agglomerated form having a uniform specific surface area for various size fractions thereof in a size spectrum extending from 3 microns to 10 mesh are produced by heating a charge of a salt source of the metal, pre-coated with reducing ag... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3975186 | Method of making iron powder Iron oxide particles are made by spray calcination and the oxide is reduced at least substantially in CO at temperatures between 800° and 1000° C. The oxide is heat-treated prior to calcination or CaO is added to enhance formation of iron fibers. The re... | 08/17/1976 |
