PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 HISTORY -- 1.2 BENEFITS OF MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 2 MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 2.1 ALLOYING MILLS -- 2.1.1 Mills in Practice -- 2.1.1.1 Szegvari attritor mill -- 2.1.1.2 Spex vibratory mill -- 2.1.1.3 Planetary ball mill -- 2.1.1.4 Large diameter ball mills -- 2.1.1.5 Grinding media -- 2.1.2 Improved Mills -- 2.1.2.1 Modified attritor -- 2.1.2.2. Uni-ball mill -- 2.2 THE PROCESS -- 2.2.1 Process Monitoring -- 2.3 FACTORS AFFECTING -- 2.3.1 Mill Parameters -- 2.3.1.1. Impact energy -- 2.3.1.2 Size of the grinding ball -- 2.3.1.3 Ball-to-powder ratio -- 2.3.1.4 Speed -- 2.3.2 Temperature -- 2.3.3 Atmosphere -- 2.3.4 Contamination -- 3 VARIATIONS OF MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 3.1 REACTION MILLING -- 3.2 CRYOMILLING -- 3.3 REPEATED ROLLING -- 3.4 DOUBLE MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 3.5 REPEATED POWDER FORGING -- 4 PROCESS CONTROL AGENTS IN MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 5 MECHANISMS IN MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 5.1 ALLOYING -- 5.1.1 Ductile-Ductile System -- 5.1.2 Ductile-Brittle System -- 5.1.3 Brittle-Brittle System -- 5.1.4 Idealness of MA Alloys -- 5.2 METASTABLE PHASE FORMATION -- 5.2.1 Amorphization -- 5.2.2 Nanocrystallization -- 5.2.3 Solid Solubility Extension (SSE) -- 5.3 ACTIVATION OF SOLID STATE CHEMICAL REACTION -- 6 ENERGY TRANSFER AND ENERGY MAPS IN MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 7 CONSOLIDATION OF MECHANICALLY ALLOYED POWDERS -- 7.1 CONSOLIDATION TECHNIQUES -- 7.2 THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENTS -- 8 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MECHANICALLY ALLOYED MATERIALS -- 8.1 TENSILE PROPERTIES -- 8.2 FRACTURE -- 8.3 CREEP -- 8.4 SCC SUSCEPTIBILITY -- 9 MODELLING MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 MECHANISTIC MODELS -- 9.2.1 Deformation, Coalescence and Fracture -- 9.2.2 Evolution of Particle Size -- 9.2.3 Milling Times -- 9.2.4 Powder Heating -- 9.2.5 Powder Cooling -- 9.3 ATOMISTIC MODELS -- 9.4 THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC MODELS.

10 JOINING OF MECHANICAL ALLOYING MATERIALS -- 10.1 WELDING -- 10.2 BRAZING -- 10.3 FORGED BONDING -- 11 RAPID SOLIDIFICATION AND MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 11.1 RAPID SOLIDIFICATION VERSUS MECHANICAL ALLOYING -- 11.2 MECHANICAL ALLOYING OF RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED POWDERS -- 12 APPLICATIONS -- 12.1 NICKEL-BASE SUPERALLOYS -- 12.2 MA STEELS -- 12.3 ALUMINIUM-BASE MATERIALS -- 12.4 COPPER-BASE MATERIALS -- 12.5 TITANIUM SYSTEM -- 12.6 MAGNESIUM-BASE MATERIALS -- 12.7 SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS -- 12.8 MAGNETIC MATERIALS -- 12.9 MA POWDERS FOR SPRAY-COATINGS -- 12.10 SUPERPLASTICITY -- 12.11 TRIBOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- 12.12 COMPOSITES -- 12.13 AMORPHOUS SOLIDS -- 12.14 NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS -- 12.15 MECHANICALLY ACTIVATED CHEMICAL REACTIONS -- 12.16 OTHERS -- LIST OF SYMBOLS -- Index.