Biaxially textured articles formed by power metallurgy

A strengthened, biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni comprising a rolled and annealed, compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtures consisting of:

• Ni, Ag, Ag—Cu, Ag—Pd, Ni—Cu, Ni—V, Ni—Mo, Ni—Al, Ni—Cr—Al, Ni—W—Al, Ni—V—Al, Ni—Mo—Al, Ni—Cu—Al;
• and at least one fine metal oxide powder;
• the article having a grain size which is fine and homogeneous;
• and having a dominant cube oriented {100}<100> orientation texture;
• and further having a Curie temperature less than that of pure Ni;
• the article further comprising at least one of the group consisting of oxide layers and nitride layers epitaxially deposited onto at least a portion of the biaxially textured surface.