provides a metal oxide comprising 4 of the total weight of the composition the binder component comprises between 10 to 70 of the total weight of the composition and in a preferred composition comprises 40 by weight of the total composition the binder component comprises silica oxide silicate salts aluminum oxides aluminum salts and mixtures thereof the balance of the composition is made up of the primary component iron oxides and manganese oxides in a preferred composition the iron oxides comprise between about 55 to about 90 by weight of the balance and the manganese oxides comprise between 4 to about 30 by weight of the balance of the composition in a preferred embodiment according to the present invention the constituents of the composition comprise a mixture of the oxides of co ba ti and y having 4 0 weight in total which mixture is admixed with silica and silica salts having 40 0 weight in total as a binding component per 100 weight of the composition the balance of the composition will contain a primary component of which fe oxide comprises 74 0 weight and mn oxide comprises 22 0 weight the iron rust removing compounds used in the present process may be made by any of a variety of processes available and known in the art in a preferred embodiment the binder component and the primary component comprising the iron oxides and manganese oxides are intermixed kneaded shaped and dried followed by sintering at between about 1200 u00b0 1600 u00b0 c to obtain a desired hardened shape the metal oxide secondary component may then be deposited over the pellets by conventional evaporation techniques to yield the finished product in an alternative.