pressure this improves the properties of the eventual capacitor the method of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart of fig2 the order of steps in fig2 is provided to facilitate discussion and the invention is not limited thereby to the extent possible the order of steps can be rearranged combined or further separated into sub steps unless stated to the contrary an anode lead is provided at 20 and an inner region is formed around the anode wire by pressed at 21 an outer region is formed around the inner region by pressing at 22 as realized from the discussion herein the inner region is pressed to a higher density than the outer region and this difference can be accomplished in successive pressings or concurrently the anode with two regions and an anode lead extending therefrom is referred to herein as an anode precursor the anode precursor is combined with magnesium at 23 and heated at 24 to a temperature sufficient to deoxidize and sinter the anode it is preferable that the temperature is at least 800 u00b0 c and does not exceed about 1 200 u00b0 c the magnesium oxide is then removed from the anode at 25 in a particularly preferred embodiment the magnesium oxide is removed from the sintered anode by leaching an aqueous solution with 5 25 and more preferably about 15 h 2 o 2 and 2 10 and more preferably about 6 h 2 so 4 is particularly preferred a dielectric is then formed on the leached anode at 26 in a particularly preferred embodiment the dielectric is formed by electrolytic oxidation wherein an oxide of the anode material is formed on the surface of the anode a cathode is formed on the surface of the dielectric.