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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an economical, rapid and efficient method for making metal and metal oxide powders. The present invention is a method for converting a metal-containing compound to a metal or metal oxide of the metal-containing compound, wherein the method comprises the steps of about 100 ° C./sec and about 100,000,000 ° C. Heating the metal-containing compound to a high temperature at a rate of between 1 / sec., Wherein the step comprises performing a thermodynamically advantageous conversion of the metal-containing compound, and Holding the metal-containing compound at an elevated temperature for a residence time sufficient to substantially convert to at least one product, the product comprising: (i) the metal and (Ii) a step selected from the group consisting of oxides of the above metals. |