Water-atomized iron powder for powder metallurgyhaving a hardness of particle cross section of from aboutHv 80 or higher to about 250 or lower, the iron powderhaving been atomized with water and dried, and having aparticle surface covered with oxides which are reduciblein a sintering atmosphere, and which has an oxygencontent of 1.0 wt% or less.The water-atomized ion powder can be made by animproved and simplified processing, and the cost ofresulting sintered products is decreased as a result ofits use.
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