Fabrication of a metallic powder prepared without melting

摘要

A metallic alloy made of metallic constituent elements is fabricated and utilized by first furnishing (20) a mixture of nonmetallic precursor compounds of the metallic constituent elements, and thereafter chemically reducing (22) the mixture of nonmetallic precursor compounds to produce a metallic alloy as a metallic alloy powder, without melting the metallic alloy. The metallic alloy powder is applied (26) to a surface of a substrate article (24), preferably in a coating, joining, or deposition application.