Patent ID: 6042781
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A61K,B22F,C22C,C23C

Abstract:
A process for producing a net or near net shape, article or part at or near ambient temperature from a material having a metal coating disposed thereon, said material being in the form of powders, particulates, foils or sheets, said process comprising the steps of:treating the material having a metal coating disposed thereon, wherein the metal coating is selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, silver, gold, indium, tin, nickel, copper, cobalt, rhodium, rhenium, germanium, antimony, ruthenium, osmium, iridium, antimony, iron and arsenic, with an aqueous activation solution to form a slurry; andusing pressure to consolidate the slurry at or near ambient temperature into a net or near net shape part or article having an increased green strength over that which it would otherwise have had when consolidated with pressure without being treated with the activation solution.