Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials offer enormous technological potential and, for this reason, they are the subject of intense world-wide research. Among the various topics covered in the present volume are the synthesis and processing of materials using mechanical alloying, grinding, mechanosynthesis and mechanochemistry; the structural characterisation of nanophase materials and the structural evolution caused by mechanical treatments; the magnetic and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials; and the basic mechanisms of fabrication processes.

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Preface Mechanical Alloying of Bulk Metallic Glass Forming Systems Bulk Mechanical Alloying for Productive Processing of Functional Alloys Synthesis of Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials by Gas Solid Reactions Mixing of Elements during Mechanical Alloying of Powder Mixtures of Fe and of T (T=V, Cr, Mn) Mechanically-Driven Solid State Amorphization and Nanocrystallization in Selenium Synthesis and Properties of Mechanically Alloyed and Ball Milled High Strength Amorphous or Quasicrystalline Al-Alloys Solid State Amorphization of Fe50Nb50 Powders during Mechanical Alloying Mechanically Attrited Superconducting Y-TM-Borocarbides (TM=Ni, Pd) Formation of Cu-Zr-Ti Amorphous Alloys with Significant Supercooled Liquid Region by Mechanical Alloying Explosive Formation of Titanium and Zirconium Oxide during Milling under O2 Gas Investigation of Combustion Reactions under Different Milling Conditions Mechanical Alloying of the Fe1-xMx (M=Si, Ge, Sn). A Comparative Study Ball Milling of Fullerene and Mechanical Alloying of Fullerene-Metal Systems Mechanically Milled Nanocrystalline Cubic Titanium Trialuminide and Iron Aluminide Intermetallics The Study of Structural Evolution and Thermal Stability of Ball-Milled Ti-Al and Ti-Al-Mn-Nb Nanocrystalline Powders Mechanical Alloying in Fe2O3-MO (M: Zn, Ni, Cu, Mg) Systems Mechanochemical Treatment of Haematite - Neutron Diffraction Investigation Mechanochemical Treatment of BaFe12O19 - Mössbauer Investigation Mechanical Alloying and Milling of Zn-Rich Zn-Al-Cu Alloys Change in Structure of Mechanically Alloyed Fe-50%Al Powder Activated and/or Liquid Phase Sintering of Mechanically Milled Nanocrystalline Powders Sintering and Evolution of the Microstructure of Nanocomposite Powders Ag-SnO2 Prepared by Reactive Milling Comparative Study of Barium Ferrite Prepared by Mechanical Milling and Co-Precipitation Atomic Processes during Mechanical Compounding with Metal Hydroxides Mechanochemical Synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Short Range Order Evolution during the Nitrification of IVb Metals Solid State Reduction of Iron Oxide by Ball-Milling Mechanical Processing of Nanometric Magnesium Titanate Precursors Structural Investigation of Milled a-Fe and Barium Ferrite Nano-Mixtures Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of Tetraethyl Orthosilicate (TEOS) Mechanochemical Reactions on Copper-Based Compounds Mechanochemical Processing of Complex Sulphide Ores Synthesis and Processing of Ultrafine Mg-PSZ Powder Deformation Induced Transformations of B2 FeAl and FeRh Synthesis and Processing of Nanostructured Cr3C2-NiCr Coatings using Mechanical Milling and HVOF Easy Glass Formation in La- and Pd-Based Alloys by Bridgman Solidification Al-Fe-Nd Powders Prepared by Gas Atomisation Solidification of Germanium, Al-Based and Pd-Based Alloys under High Pressure Deformation-Induced Effect of Phase Instability of Nanocrystalline Alloys Metastable Phase Formation and Microstructure Evolution from Undercooled Eutectic Melts Mechanically Activated Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis (MASHS) Applied to the MoSi2 and FeSi2 Phase Formation Nanocrystalline FeAl Synthesis by MASHS with In Situ and Post Mortem Characterizations Nano-Scaled Multilayered Bulk Materials Manufactured by Repeated Pressing and Rolling in the Ag-Fe and Cu-Fe Systems Nanosized Lead-Cadmium Inclusions in Aluminum Synthesis and Properties of Ti-Based Bulk Amorphous Alloys with a Large Supercooled Liquid Region Characterisation of Crystalline and Magnetic Nanostructures by Small Angle Neutron Scattering Fivefold Twinning in Nanosized Particles and Nanocrystalline Thin Films - Ubiquitous Metastable Structures Reactivity in High-Energy Ball Milling Induced Self-Sustaining Reactions Microstructural Precursors for Decomposition of Nitrided Stainless Steels: A Comparison of Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PI3) and Reactive Ball Milling Structure of Mechanically Alloyed Ni-Mo Powders Amorphization Kinetics of Ni60Nb40 during Mechanical Alloying Influence of Mechanical Alloying on Precipitation in Aluminium Alloy Change in the Short Range Order in the Al — ?-MnOOH Mixed Systems by Mechanical Stressing Identification of Primary Crystals in ZrTiCuNiBe Metallic Bulk Glasses Investigation of Nanoporous Carbon Powders Produced by High Energy Ball Milling and Formation of Carbon Nanotubes during Subsequent Annealing Structures, Properties and Responses to Heat Treatment of Melt-Spun Cu-La Alloys Nanostructures of Fe-Based Alloys Local Structure of Amorphous Canonical Systems 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Mechanically Alloyed Fe-50at.% AI Powder Atomic Distribution Change of Fe-Cu Solid Solutions Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Structural Properties of Silicon Oxycarbide Powders Obtained by SOL-GEL Method A Study of Al75Mo25 Nanocrystalline Alloys by X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction Surface Stress Problem in Heterogeneous Mechanochemical Reactions On the Modelling of Ultra-Fine Grained Materials Computer Simulation of Diffusion in Disordered Systems Oxidation Process of Nanocrystalline Ni in Ni-Al2O3-ZrO2 Mixture Grain Growth in Particle-Containing Metastable Microstructures Crystallization, Thermal and Elastic Properties of Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be-C Bulk Amorphous Alloy under High Pressure The Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of the Vitreloy Type (Zr100-xTix)55(Ni45Cu55)22.5Be22.5 Bulk Metallic Glasses Thermal Stability and Decomposition of Nanostructural Iron Nitrides Made by Reactive Ball Milling of Iron in Ammonia Influence of Nanocrystallization on Corrosion Resistance of Fe84Nb7B9 Amorphous Alloy Calorimetric and Mössbauer Studies of the Nanocrystallized Fe90Zr7B3 Alloy A Comparative Study of the Nanocrystallization in Finemet and Nanoperm-Type Amorphous Ribbons Nanocrystallization Studies of a Melt-Quenched Ni81P19 Amorphous Alloy An Electrocatalytic Study of Mechanically Alloyed Cu-Ni Alloys Raney Type Surfaces Prepared by High Energy Ball Milling: Application to the Synthesis of Electroanalysts for the Sodium Chlorate Industry Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Materials: A Decade of Alloy Development Correlation between Magnetic and Structural Parameters in Fe-40Al at % Nanostructured Alloys Magnetic Properties of Rapidly Quenched RE-Fe-Al Alloys with RE=Nd and Y Low-Temperature Magnetic Behavior of Ball-Milled Copper Ferrite Simulation of Structure and Magnetic Properties of Amorphous Ni Magnetic Properties of Fe-Cu Solid Solutions Prepared by Mechanical Alloying The Ductility Problem in Nanocrystalline Materials Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic/Ceramic Composites Prepared by High Energy Milling The Effect of Grain Size on the Mechanical Properties of NiAl Produced by Mechanical Alloying Compressibility of Ball-Milled Nanocrystalline Materials Determined at High Pressure: First Results On the Cyclic Behavior of Ultra-Fine Grained Copper Produced by Equi-Channel Angular Pressing Semi-Solid Plasticity of Nanocrystalline Cu-Mg-TiC Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying Acoustic Emission and Strain Localization in Ultra-Fine Grained Copper Produced by Equi-Channel Angular Pressing Structure and Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Ball Milled Mg Dihydride Nanostructured Colloidal Metal and Semiconductor Particles Novel Thermal Properties of Nanostructured Materials Hardness and Corrosion Performance of Nanocrystalline Iron Powder Prepared by Ball Milling: Comparison with Different Iron Obtained by Conventional Methods On Corrosion of Ultra-Fine Grained Copper Produced by Equi-Channel Angular Pressing Some Peculiarities in the Relaxation of Amorphous Ribbons Annealed by Joule Heating under Stresses Experimental Investigation of the Formation Enthalpies of the Zr-Cu-Al Amorphous Alloys