Highly dense shaped parts are produced with a powder metallurgic process.
The parts are formed of an alloy that, besides of at least 20 weight %
chromium, consists of iron and one or several additional alloy portions
that in sum do not amount to more than 10 weight %. The part is produced
by pressing and sintering to near final shape a ready-to-press powder
where the additional alloy portions are introduced in form of a
master-alloy powder. The master-alloy may contain the following
variations: the additional alloy portions and the iron portions; or the
additional alloy portions, the iron parts, and the chromium portions; or
additional alloy portions and the chromium portions.