Abstract 1. THE METHOD PRODUCING A DENSIFIED OBJECT FROM METALLIC, INORGANIC NONMETALLIC AND COMBINATIONS OF METALLIC AN INORGANIC NONMETALLIC POWDERS, WHICH COMPRISES HERMETICALLY SEALING UNDER SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE A VOLUME OF THE POWDER WITHIN A VITREOUS CONTAINER HAVING AN APPROXIMATE CAPACITY EQUAL TO THE VOLUME OF POWDER CONTAINED THEREIN; HEATING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS TO RENDER THE CONTAINER PLASTIC AND TO RAISE THE POWDER TEMPERATURE TO AN APPROPRIATE COMPACTING TEMPERATURE, SUBJECTING THE CONTAINER TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE ABOVE THE CONTAINER INTERNAL PRESSURE TO CAUSE COLLAPSE OF THE CONTAINER ABOUT THE POWDER WITHIN, TO PROMOTE DENSIFICATION, AND THEREAFTER COOLING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS, AND THEREBY EFFECTING REMOVAL OF THE VITREOUS CONTAINER FROM THE DENSIFIED OBJECT.
THE METHOD PRODUCING A DENSIFIED OBJECT FROM METALLIC, INORGANIC NONMETALLIC AND COMBINATIONS OF METALLIC AN INORGANIC NONMETALLIC POWDERS, WHICH COMPRISES HERMETICALLY SEALING UNDER SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE A VOLUME OF THE POWDER WITHIN A VITREOUS CONTAINER HAVING AN APPROXIMATE CAPACITY EQUAL TO THE VOLUME OF POWDER CONTAINED THEREIN; HEATING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS TO RENDER THE CONTAINER PLASTIC AND TO RAISE THE POWDER TEMPERATURE TO AN APPROPRIATE COMPACTING TEMPERATURE, SUBJECTING THE CONTAINER TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE ABOVE THE CONTAINER INTERNAL PRESSURE TO CAUSE COLLAPSE OF THE CONTAINER ABOUT THE POWDER WITHIN, TO PROMOTE DENSIFICATION, AND THEREAFTER COOLING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS, AND THEREBY EFFECTING REMOVAL OF THE VITREOUS CONTAINER FROM THE DENSIFIED OBJECT.
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THE METHOD PRODUCING A DENSIFIED OBJECT FROM METALLIC, INORGANIC NONMETALLIC AND COMBINATIONS OF METALLIC AN INORGANIC NONMETALLIC POWDERS, WHICH COMPRISES HERMETICALLY SEALING UNDER SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE A VOLUME OF THE POWDER WITHIN A VITREOUS CONTAINER HAVING AN APPROXIMATE CAPACITY EQUAL TO THE VOLUME OF POWDER CONTAINED THEREIN; HEATING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS TO RENDER THE CONTAINER PLASTIC AND TO RAISE THE POWDER TEMPERATURE TO AN APPROPRIATE COMPACTING TEMPERATURE, SUBJECTING THE CONTAINER TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE ABOVE THE CONTAINER INTERNAL PRESSURE TO CAUSE COLLAPSE OF THE CONTAINER ABOUT THE POWDER WITHIN, TO PROMOTE DENSIFICATION, AND THEREAFTER COOLING THE CONTAINER AND CONTENTS, AND THEREBY EFFECTING REMOVAL OF THE VITREOUS CONTAINER FROM THE DENSIFIED OBJECT.