mo and evaluated by sieve analysis apparent density and hall flow measurements in order to investigate strengthening and densification the products are then sintered at 1060 u00b0 c for 4 5 hours in h 2 and evaluated as at presintering results are shown in table ii also shown in the table are comparative results for the same molybdenum powder processed with the organic binders used in lot no 3 labeled prior art table ii______________________________________lot no 1 2 3 4 prior artmoo sub 3 weight 11 2percent solids 5 9 11 2 with 20 0 binder______________________________________spray dried green properties______________________________________sieveanalysis percent retained 100 mesh 4 8 6 28 9 200 30 36 24 42 31 325 32 30 27 17 28 325 34 26 42 13 32apparent 2 20 2 26 2 30 2 26 1 95densityg ccpresintered properties______________________________________sieveanalysis percent retained 60 1 1 1 5 9 200 31 39 29 62 32 325 43 40 44 23 25 325 25 20 26 10 34apparent 2 26 2 26 2 20 2 32 densityg cchall flow 37 35 39 33 sec sintered properties______________________________________sieveanalysis percent retained 60 8 200 34 43 33 53 33 325 36 36 37 31 27 325 30 21 30 16 32apparent 2 26 2 26 2 20 2 38 1 97density g cchall flow 33 35 37 32 45sec ______________________________________ the results indicate that the apparent density of.