Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). There is a growing interest in the field of Mechanically Alloyed, Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials, especially with regard to linking basic research efforts to technological requirements of industrial applications. A major objective of the present book was to ensure that the various disciplines involved in the study, development and commercialization of these materials were well represented. The technical objective was to address key issues which are associated with the science and technology of this rapidly evolving field of research.

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Preface Nanostructured Materials - from Fundamentals to Applications What Have we Learned about Nanoscale Materials? The Past and the Future Current Understanding of Mechanically Alloyed Polymers Mechanical Alloying of Fullerene with Various Metal Elements Processing and Characterization of Novel Intermetallic/Ceramic Composites Formation of Ceramic/Metallic Glass Composite by Mechanical Alloying Recent Progress in the Clean Mechanical Alloying of Advanced Materials The Role of Impurities in the Crystallization of Ball-Milled Amorphous Alloys The Formation of B2 Structure by Mechanical Alloying of Al50Fe50-xNix Powder Mixtures Can Rare Earth-Transition Metal Compounds Be Carburized by Mechanical Alloying? Investigation of Amorphization in an Intermetallic Powder Mixture of Bulk Glass Forming Composition Structure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Spinel Ferrites Obtained by High Energy Ball Milling Mechanical Alloying of the Perovskite-Type Structured Powder of La2/3-xLi3xTiO3 Showing Lithium Ion Conduction Iron-Chromium Oxide Solid Solutions Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Mechanically Activated Low Temperature Synthesis of Sr Doped Lanthanum Manganite The Solid-State Synthesis of W-25WT% Re Using a Mechanical Alloying Approach Cyclic Crystalline-Amorphous Transformations by Mechanical Alloying The Crystalline-to-Amorphous Transformations in the Ti-Fe and Ti(H2)-Fe Systems during Ball Milling Low Temperature Magnetic Properties of FCC FeRh Obtained by Ball Milling Microstructure and Thermodynamic Properties of Fe1-xTbx Systems Prepared by Solid-State Reactions The Structure Transformations in Mechanically Alloyed Fe-Mn and Fe-Co Composition Solid State Reactions in the Fe-Sn System under Mechanical Alloying and Grinding Solid State Reactions in Mechanically Alloyed Al-Li and Al-Li-Mg Alloys with Various Metal Oxides On the Nanocrystalline to Amorphous Phase Transition in Al Based Alloys during Ball Milling Introducing Metastability in Al-Cu-Zr Alloys by Non-Equilibrium Processes Thermal Stability Study of some Fe-Ni-P-Si Alloy Powders Deoxidation of Iron Oxide by Ball-Milling Structural Transition of Zirconia during Mechanical Attrition Evolution of Nanostructure and Chemical Reactivity of Carbon during Ball-Milling Hot-Consolidation of Mechanically Milled Amorphous Zr-Cu Powders Densification and Grain Growth of Nanocrystalline Zirconia-Based Ceramics Production and Densification of Nanosized Cu/SiC-Powders Rapid Sintering of Nanostructural Powder to Form Si3N4 Mechanical Activation and its Application in Technology Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Complex Oxides Mechanochemical Synthesis of Indium-Tin Oxide Powder Reduction and Change of Magnetic Properties of Co(OH)2 on Milling with Al Mechanochemical Reactions of Ilmenite Transformations in Oxides- Dry and Wet Mechanochemical Processes Nitrogenation during Ball Milling of Stainless Steel Temperature Effects of Si Milling in NH3 Amorphous PdO Formation during Reactive Milling of AlPd Alloys under Oxygen Gas Hydrogenation of Co and C during Mechanical Treatment of Zr and Ni Containing Systems Microstructural Characterization and Sintering of Fine Powders Obtained by SHS Reaction during Milling Nanomaterials: New Elaboration Processes Using Solar Furnaces Metal/ Metal Oxide Composites by Single Source Precursor CVD Electrochemical Synthesis of Fe/Ag and Co/Ag Granular Thin Films Fe2O3 Thin Films by the Spray Pyrolysis Technique Production of Fe and Cu Nanocrystalline Particles by Thermal Decomposition of Ferr- and Copper-Cyanides Spontaneous Alloying in Nanometer-Sized Ultra-Fine Particles Phase Equilibrium in Nanometer-Sized Sb-Au Alloy Clusters Microstructural Characterization of Granular CuCo Rapidly Solidified Ribbons Formation of Pb Inclusions in Si by Ion Implantation Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Mechanical Alloying in the Immiscible Fe2O3-SnO2 System HRTEM Image Processing Study Occurring in Mechanically Alloyed ZrO2 - 10 mol.%Y2O3 Powders Diffraction of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Alloys Prepared by Solid State Reactions Microstructural Characterisation of Metastable Structures in Intermetallic Compounds Mechanically Activated SHS Reaction in the Fe-Al System: In Situ Time Resolved Diffraction Using Synchrotron Radiation The Structure of Mechanically Alloyed AlxFe(1-x) End-Products after Annealing Structural Evolution of Al66Fe24 and Al75Fe25 Powders Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Structural Refinement of Ag-Fe Blends during High Energy Ball Milling Wide Angles X-Ray Scattering (W.A.X.S.) and H.R.E.M. Studies on Nanoscale Cobalt and Cobalt Colloids Contribution of Mössbauer Spectrometry to the Study of Mechanically Alloyed Materials and of Nanomaterials Magnetic Properties and Local Structure of Fe-Zr-B-Cu Nanocrystalline Alloys Mechanically Alloyed and Rapidly Quenched Fe-Zr-B-Cu: Mössbauer Investigation Mössbauer Study of FeNbCuSiB Mechanical Alloying Process The Local Atomic Structure of Nanocrystalline Mechanically Ground Fe-Si Alloys Hyperfine Study of Mechanically Induced Transformations in Solids Characterization of Nanostructured a-Fe2O3-SnO2 Solid Solutions Prepared by High Energy Ball Milling Structural and Magnetic Phases in Ball Milled Strontium Ferrite Structural Properties and Thermal Stability of Glassy (Zr.65Al.075Cu.175Ni.1)100-xFex (x=20) Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Phase Stabilities and Magnetic Properties of Fe-Cu Solid Solution Prepared by Mechanical Alloying On X-Ray Diffraction and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Characterization of Ball Milled Iron Copper Solid Solution Structure of Thermal Treated Mechanically Alloyed Fe50Cu50 Studied by Anomalous Diffraction and EXAFS Spectroscopy The Phase Formation at Mechanically Alloyed Ti-Al Compounds Nanochemistry of Magnesium-Doped a-Alumina Nanocrystalline Powders Consequence on their Sintering Behaviour Short -Range Order and Low Temperature Specific Heats of Amorphous Transition Meta - Metalloid Alloys Structural and Thermal Study of Fe-Ni-Si-B Powdres Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Combustion Phenomena Induced by Ball Milling Effect of Gradient of the Order Parameter on some Phase Transformations at the Nanometer Scale Volume Effects in Amorphisation by Rapid Solidification and Solid State Reaction and in Bulk Glass-Forming Alloys Specific Volume, Heat Capacity and Viscosity of Deeply Undercooled Pd40Ni40P20 Bulk Glass Forming Alloy Bulk Metallic Glass Formation from Strong Liquids Thermodynamics of Homogeneous Crystal Nucleation in Al-RE Metallic Glasses An Approach of Thermal Dependence of Magnetization in Two-Phase Nanocrystalline Alloys Expermimental Determination of the Enthalpies of Formation of the Copper-Zirconium Amorphous Alloys Enthalpy of Formation of Amorphous and Liquid Nickel-Zirconium Alloys The Supercooled Liquid of the Bulk Metallic Glass Forming Zr46.25Ti8.25Cu7.5Ni10Be27.5 Alloy on Long Time Scales Structural Relaxation of Zr55Ni25Al20 Ball-Milled Amorphised Powder Influence of Heat Time Melt Treatment on the Structure and the Properties of Rapidly Solidified Aluminum Alloys with Transition Metals High Energy Treatment of Intermetallic Compounds in the System Ni-Nb-V Interfacial Reactions in Al/Ni Multilayers Structural Changes in Dispersion Strengthened Al-Fe-V-Si Alloy at Elevated Temperatures Metastability of Tialite Synthesised from Nanometric Precursors Predicting the Type of Disorder, Created by Ball Milling of C15 Compounds, by Estimating the Formation Enthalpies of Vacancy Type and Anti-Site Disorder Mechanical Grinding of TFe2 (T=Hf, Zr) Compounds Defects, Dislocations and Disorder during Deformation, Milling and Quenching of an FeAl Alloy Magnetic and X-Ray Diffraction Investigations of the Reordering of a Ball Milled Fe-40Al at% Alloy Structure and Magnetic Properties of Mechanically Alloyed Fe50Al50 Diffusivity of Hafnium in the Amorphous Alloy Ni0.54Zr0.46 Phase Transformations under Ball Milling Microscopic Model for Mechanical Alloying Ordering Processes in FCC and BCC Binary Alloys: A Comparative Study Interface Dynamics in a Mean-Field Lattice Gas Model Disclination-Dislocation Model of the Mechanical Behaviour of Nanocrystals Prepared by Crystallization from Amorphous Precursor Process Parameters and Amorphization Rate of Cu-Ti System under Mechanical Deformation Crystallization of Amorphous Fe86Zr7-xNbxB6Cu1 Annealing Temperature Dependence of Size, Morphology and Composition of Primary Crystals Created in Fe76.5Cu1Si13.5B9 Glass Comparison of Nanocrystallization Processes in Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si(22.5-x)Bx for x=7 and x=9 Crystallization Behaviour of (Fe,Co)SiB-CuNb Alloys Crystallization of the Amorphous Fe81Zr7B12 Alloy Induced by Short Time Annealing Soft Magnetic Nanocrystalline Powders Obtained by Mechanical Grinding New Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Alloys Based on the Ni-Si-B System Method to Study Crystallization Kinetics by Electrical Resistivity Nanocrystallization of Al-Ni-Y and Al-Ni-Nd Metallic Glasses Formation of Nanophase Al-Y-Ni-Cu Alloys Formation and Stability of Bulk Metallic Glass Forming Mg-Y-Cu Alloys Produced by Mechanical Alloying and Rapid Quenching Thermal Stability and Consolidation Behavior of Mechanically Alloyed Zr-Al-Cu-Ni Powders with Varying Oxygen, Iron and Tungsten Content Crystallization of the Supercooled Liquid Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 Rheometry and Crystallization of Bulk Metallic Glass Forming Alloys at High Temperatures Nanostructural Transformation and Mechanical Property Variation of Zr-Ti-Al-Cu-Ni Bulk Amorphous Alloys Devitrification and Crystallization of Zr40Ti10Cu50 Bulk Metallic Glass Characteristics of Slowly Cooled Zr-Al-Cu-Ni Bulk Samples with Different Oxygen Content Electrocatalytic Performance of Nanocrystalline Ti-Ru-(Fe)-O Alloy Cathodes for Hydrogen Evolution in Aqueous 30 wt% KOH and 32 wt% NaOH Solutions at 70°C Effect of Shear Deformation under High Pressure on the Reactivity and Catalytic Activity of Nickel Oxide Influence of Primary Crystallization on Hydrogen Permeation in an Fe40Ni38Mo4B18 Amorphous Metallic Alloy The Role of Oxide Passivation Layers in Nanocrystalline Metal Powders and Consolidated Materials Passivity and Pitting Corrosion of a Nanocrystalline FeAl8-Alloy Mechanical and Corrosion Behaviour of Al-Fe-Nb Amorphous Alloys Preparation of Nanocrystalline Copper by Hot and Cold Compaction: Characterization of Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties The Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Mechanically-Alloyed Copper-Polymer Composites Ferrous and Nonferrous Bulk Amorphous Alloys Microstructural and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline FeSiB Alloys: Effect of the Cu and Ta Additions Crystallization and Magnetic Properties of Co-Based Amorphous Alloys Low-Frequency Core Losses of Zero-Magnetostriction Nanocrystalline Soft-Magnetic Fe-Zr-Si-B Alloys Low Temperature Magnetic Behaviour of ?-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Magnetic Surface Anisotropy and Low-Temperature Magnetoresistance in Manganese Perovskites Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys: The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration High-Temperature Magnetisation Behaviour of Rapidly Solidified Cu100-xCox Alloys Structure and Magnetic Properties of Hydrogenated Pr(Co1-xCux)5 Intermetallics and Mechanically Alloyed Cu-20%Co Systems Magnetic Properties of Nano-Particulate Cu-Co Alloy on the Route of Bulk Mechanical Alloying Influence of the Annealing Temperature in Different Atmospheres on the Magnetic Behavior of Co/Ag Nanoparticles Fabricated by Microemulsion Magnetic and Elastic Effects in Rapidly Solidified Cu100-xCox Alloys Magnetic and Transport Properties of Nanostructured Fe/Cu Mulitlayers Size and Shape Effect on the Magnetic Properties of a-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Hexaferrite-Magnetite Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets Produced by Mechanical Alloying Elaboration, Characterisation, and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Fine Particles Anisotropy, Magnetic Domains and Magnetization Reversal of Nanostripes and Nanosquares Patterned by Atomic Saw on Epitaxial Fe Layers Mechanical Alloying and Magnetic Properties of Fe90Sb10 and Fe15Sb85 Systems Processing and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Alloys Prepared by Severe Plastic Deformation Nanocrystallization and Mechanical Properties of an Amorphous Electrodeposited Ni75W25 Alloy Creep and Internal Friction of Nanocrystalline 5 Mol.% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia On the Cyclic Response of Ultrafine-Grained Copper On the Nature of the Inhomogeneous-Homogeneous Flow Transition in Metallic Glasses Anelastic Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Aluminium Prepared by Mechanical Attrition Structural and Elastic Properties of Nanocrystalline Iron and Nickel Prepared by Ball Milling in Controlled Thermodynamic Environment Nonhomogeneous Superconductivity in Diamond-Like Films Containing Tungsten and Silicon Properties Induced by Mechanical Milling in the System Sr1-xCaxCuO2 Microstructure and Photoluminescence of Nanocrystalline Si Powder Applications of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Magnetic Materials as Sensing Elements Mechano-Synthesis of Niobium-Aluminum Superconductors for High Field Applications Hydrogen Storage Properties of Nanocrystalline Mg2NixCu1-x Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying Porous Nanocrystalline Alloys Prepared by High Energy Ball Milling Microstructure Refinement of Cast Intermetallic Alloys - A New Application for Nano-Crystalline Powders