sec up to about 300 sec in processes such as roc and extrusion it will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the practical maximum applied pressure is limited by the apparatus employed the consolidation temperature can be further reduced by hydrogenating the alloy powder to about 0 2 to 1 0 wt hydrogen prior to charging the powder to the can mold or die the powder can be hydrogenated by placing it in a suitable chamber charging the chamber with a positive pressure of static pure hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and an inert gas such as he or ar while heating the chamber to a suitable temperature e g about 1100 u00b0 f or about 40 below the beta transus temperature in u00b0 c for a suitable time then cooling the chamber under pressure to room temperature consolidation of the alloy powder is carried out as above with the proviso that the consolidation temperature may be about 70 to 80 percent of the beta transus temperature of the alloy in degrees c following consolidation the compacted article is recovered using techniques known in the art the resulting article is fully dense and has a very fine uniform and isotropic microstructure the compacted article is then annealed preferably under vacuum at a temperature about 5 to 40 below the beta transus temperature in u00b0 c of the alloy for about 2 to 48 hours.