This volume reviews most recent developments in the field of metastable, mechanically alloyed and nanocrystalline alloys.

Table of Contents:
Preface Mechanical Alloying and Chaos Dislocations, Defects and Disorder during Mechanical Milling The Influence of Dislocation Structure on Formation of Nanocrystals by Mechanical Attrition Relaxation of Atomic Structure on Mechanical Treatment of Solids X-Ray Analysis of the Metals Fine Structure and Amorphisation Reaction in Mechanical Alloying Dilatometric Characterization of Micrograined Metallic Powders Prediction of Phase Transformations in Intermetallic Compounds Induced by Milling The Charm of Disorder Defect Structures in Ball-Milled Intermetallic Powders Ion Induced Amorphization in Metallic Compounds A Possible Mechanism of Disordering of Ordered Alloys by Irradiation and Ball Milling Structures and Magnetic Properties of Some Novel Materials Obtained by Milling of Intermetallics Phase Formation during Ball Milling of Intermetallic Compounds with Different Structures Kinetics of the Ball-Milling Induced Order-Disorder Transformation in Fe-Al EXAFS Study of the Mechanical Alloying of Pd-Si Powder Mixtures Mechanical Grinding of Iron Borides Mössbauer Effect Study of Disordering Induced by Mechanical Alloying in the Fe-Si System Surface Area and Particle Size of Mechanically Milled Fe3Ge2 Phase Transformation Induced by Ball Milling in Fe-Zr System and Related Magnetic Properties Structural Transformations in Al85Y10Ni5 Alloy Induced by Mechanical Alloying Phase Transformations and Nanostructure Formation of ZrO2-Y2O3 and ZrO2-CeO2 Powder Mixtures during High Energy Ball Milling Synthesis, Thermal Properties and Recrystallization of Ball-Milled High Tc Superconductors. (Topological Stabilization of Metastable Phases) Extended Concept of Mechanical Alloying for Complex and Composite Inorganic Materials Characteristics of Ma Metastable Ti+Al Powders at High Temperatures Nanophase Formation Activated by Mechanical Alloying Mechanical Alloying of Thermoelectric FeSi2 Compound Preparation of Nanocrystalline Nb3Al Powders by Mechanical Grinding and Alloying Mechano-Synthesis of Iron Containing Aluminium Alloys Mechanosynthesis of Tungsten Carbide Synthesis of TiAl-Al2Ti4C2 Composite by Reaction Milling Formation of Iron Nitride-Carbide Composite by Solid State Reactions between Iron and Organic Hx(CN)-Ring Compounds Carburization of Iron by Ball-Milling Fe50-C50 Novel Synthesis of Lead Titanate by Mechanical Alloying Mechanical Alloying in the Fe-Based Systems Hyperfine Interactions and Microstructure of Some Iron Nitrides Obtained by Mechanosynthesis FeCu Solid Solutions Mechanical Alloying of Iron and Tin Powders: A Mössbauer Study Metastable Phase Formation and Activity Estimation of the Ag-Cu System Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Formation of Co-Cu Supersaturated Solid Solutions by Mechanical Alloying A Study of the Consumption of Iron during the Mechanical Alloying of the Cu-Fe Immiscible System On the Evolution of the Amorphous Phase in Cu-Ti Alloys Produced by Mechanical Alloying Formation of Co-Sn Alloys by Mechanical Alloying Structure and Thermal Stability of CuCo and CuFe Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Amorphization of Mechanically Alloyed Fe-C and Fe-N Materials with Additive Elements and their Concentration Dependence Gas-Solid Interaction in Milling Processes: Mechanochemical Hydrogenation Reactions via Metal Hydrides Metal-Nitride Composites Obtained by Alloy Milling under Nitrogen Gas Structure and Thermal Properties of Tungsten and Molybdenum Milled in Nitriding Environment: Effect of Milling Time and Atmosphere Mechanistic Study of the Nitriding Reaction Induced by Mechanical Alloying Preparation of (Al,Ti) by Mechanical Alloying of Al-Ti Powder Mixtures under Nitrogen Atmosphere Effects of Gas Surface Layer during Mechanical Processing of Complex Magnetic Oxide on Structure, Morphology, Thermal and magnetic Properties Ball Milling of Soft Metals: The Formation of Gallium Nitride Effect of Oxygen Impurities in Mechanical Alloying of Pd-Si The Dynamics of Magneto-Ball Milling and Its Effect on Phase Transformations during Mechanical Alloying Physics of Mechanical Alloying in Planetary Ball Mill and the Horizontal Rod Mill: Kinematic Approach The Influence of High-Energy Ball-Milling Conditions on the Kinetics of Communition and Crystallization of Amorphous Alloys Based on Fe and Ni Bulk Synthesis of Nanometer-Sized Materials by Combination of Mechanical Alloying and Compaction Bulk Synthesis of Novel Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Tungsten-Base Materials Characterization of Mechanically Processed, Compacted and Heat Treated Nitrogenated bcc-Iron Powder A Fine Grain Sized Al-65 AT.% Ni Alloy Prepared by Mechanical Milling Nanostructure Refinement in Mechanically Alloyed Copper Powders by Co-Milling with TiN Particles Optical Artificial Lattice Produced by Mechanical Alloying Reactions of Titanium and Niobium Deuterides under Intensive Mechanical Treatment Modification Induced by Milling on Liquid Phase Sintering Metastable Phases in Mechanically Alloyed Al-Fe System Synthesis of TaSi2, MoSi2 in Mechanochemical Reactors Made from Relating Metals Zirconium Extraction from ZrSiO4 after Mechanical Activation Contamination Control in the Mechanical Alloying of Nanocrystalline Intermetallic Compound Based Alloys Attritor Technology-Latest Developments Possible Use of Planetary Mills in Investigations of Mechanically Alloyed Materials in the Field of Mechanochemistry Preparation and Mechanical Properties of TiAl Alloys with Submicron Grain Size Thermodynamic Stabilization of Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystalline Alloys Electrochemical Properties of Nanocrystalline Ni-Mo Alloys Produced by Crystallization Mechanically Decomposed Composites Thermal Evolution of Nanocrystalline Intermetallic Materials by DSC Measurements The Study of Fe-Based Mechanically Alloyed Materials by Mössbauer Spectroscopy Decomposition of CuFe-Type Nanocrystalline Supersaturated Solid Solutions TEM Observation of the Reordering Mechanism in a Partially Disordered Ni3Al-Based Alloy Grain Refinement and Nanocrystallization of Ni3Si by Ag-Addition and Rapid Solidification Soft-Magnetic Properties of Cu-Free, Fe-Based Nanocrystalline Alloys Nanocrystallization and Magnetic Properties Metastable Iron Nitrides The Magnetic Properties of FeSiBCuNb Wires during the First Stages to the Nanocrystallization Process Formation and Hard Magnetic Properties of Sm-Co-Fe Materials Prepared via Mechanical Alloying Formation of Nanocrystalline Materials by Crystallization of Metallic Glasses Influence of Additions on Crystallization and Magnetic Properties of Amorphous Fe77.5Si15.5B7 Nanocrystallized Fe-Based Metglasses Investigated by Mössbauer Spectrometry Structure and Magnetic Properties of Melt Spun FeNdB Alloys Nanocrystallized by Thermal Treatment The Influence of Amorphous Alloys Composition on Kinetics of Crystallization with the Nanocrystalline Structure Formation Magnetic Properties and Microstructure of Nanocrystalline FeZrB(Cu) Alloys On the Role of Cu in the Nanocrystallization of Fe-Zr-Based Meltspun Amorphous Alloys On the Use of Joule Heating Techniques to Produce Nanostructured Magnetic Materials from Melt-Spun Ribbons Amorphous to Nanocrystalline Transformation of a Finemet-Type Alloy Nanocrystallization and Structure of Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si22.5-xBx Alloys Low Frequency Soft Magnetic Properties of Fe-Zr-B-Cu Nanocrystalline Alloys Nanocrystals through Crystallization of Amorphous Alloys Structure, Property, Processing Relationships in Nanocrystalline Sputtered Magnetic Films Electron Transport in Nanocrystalline Alloys Magnetic Properties of Some Amorphous Alloys Annealed by Dynamic Joule Heating: Influence of Temperature and Applied Stress Nanocrystalline Al-Composites by Mechanical Milling Mechanically Alloyed Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic Exchange Coupled Nano-Composites Ceramic-Metal Composites Obtained by Reactive Milling Nanosized Cadmium Crystallites in Aluminium Grain Size Dependence of Hardness of Metal-TiN Nanocomposite Materials Prepared by Mechanical Alloying and Shock Consolidation Mechanical Alloying of Nb5Si3 Compound and Nb-Nb5Si3 Alloys Melting and Solidification of nanosized Lead Crystallites in Aluminium Studied by Means of Channeling Improvement of the Creep Strength by Dispersion of Oxides in the Mechanically Alloyed FeAl Intermetallic Formation of Nanocrystalline Surface Layers on Cr-Ni-Steel by a Hypervelocity Plasma Pulse Impact Magneto-Mechanical Damping in Plasma Sprayed Fe-Cr-X Alloys Slowly-Cooled Bulk Amorphous Alloys Kinetic Competition in Undercooled Liquid Metals Microstructure-Selection Maps for Droplet Solidification: Application to the System Cu-Ni Confusion Principle and Thermodynamics Undercooling Experiments on the Re-Rich Part of the Re-W System by Processing in A 48M High Drop-Tube Specific Heat and Thermodynamics of Liquid Undercooled Metals and Bulk Glass Forming Alloys Mode Softening in Rapidly Quenched Supersaturated Al96.5Si3.5 Microstructural Development in Rapidly Solidified Ni3 Droplets Quenching and Supercooling of Refractory Metals Adiabatic Nucleation in Superheated Liquids Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Zr-AlCu-Alloys at and Above the Glass Transition Temperature Metastable BCC Phase Formation in the Nb-Cr-Ti System Solid State Amorphization in the Fe-B System Effect of Mo Content in Amorphous Fe-Mo-C Materials Mechanically Alloyed on their Electrical and Thermal Properties A Detail Study of the Amorphisation Reaction in NiMo Alloys by Diffraction and Scattering Methods Neutron Small-Angle-Scattering Studies of Metal Alloys Produced by Solid State Reaction Structure Formation and Deformation Behaviour of Multilayer Composite Prepared by Ball Milling and Repeated Pressing Measurements and Simulation of Asymmetric Interdiffusion in Amorphous Ni-Zr Multilayers Crystallization Kinetics of Al-Base Amorphous Alloys Crystallization Kinetics of Amorphous Ferromagnetic Fe-B-Si Alloys Crystallization Kinetics of Amorphous Co84Nb10B6 Ribbons Structural, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Al-Rich Metallic Glasses Crystallization Temperature and Microhardness of Some Melt-Spun Amorphous Aluminium Based Alloys in the Al-TM-RE System Crystallization Kinetics of Cu50Zr50 Glass Configurationally Frozen Defects, Random Strains and Landau Theory of Crystals to Glass Transition