Amalgams, owing to their capacity to be liquid at room temperature, coupled with the easy removal of the mercury by distillation, lend themselves to the production of powders of certain metals, namely those that are sparingly soluble in mercury. Sintered bodies can also be produced directly from such amalgams. Alloy powders, obtainable only with difficulty by other methods, can be prepared by the amalgam process. Such powders often possess better compacting and sintering characteristics than those prepared by conventional means.
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