Method for producing aluminum oxide coated iron powder

摘要

A method is disclosed for producing aluminum oxide coated iron powder which comprises contacting iron powder of fine particle size with a liquid aluminum compound wherein the aluminum is hydrolyzable and adding water to the compound and the iron powder to form a slurry, removing essentially all of the liquid from the slurry to produce iron powder with a coating of hydrolyzed aluminum oxide, and firing the iron powder with the hydrolyzed aluminum oxide coating in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to produce iron powder with a coating of aluminum oxide.