ABSTRACT
From the previous chapters it becomes clear that mechanical alloying (MA) and the related processes are simple, elegant, and useful and that they continue to attract the serious attention of researchers. Even though the technique was originally developed to produce oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) nickel-based superalloys for aerospace applications, the technique has now matured to be applied to the synthesis of a variety of equilibrium and metastable alloy phases including solid solutions, quasicrystalline and crystalline intermetallic phases, and amorphous alloys. New and varied applications are being explored. This has resulted in significant research in recent years. It is estimated that so far more than 7000 research/review papers have been published in this area, with nearly 500 papers being published annually during the past 4-5 years.
