Mechanical Alloying

1. Introduction 1.1 Advanced materials1.2 Strategies used for fabrications of advanced materials1.3 Mechanically assisted approach1.4 Thermal approach References

2. Characterizations of mechanically alloyed powders 2.1 Introduction2.2 Examples of characterization techniques References

3. The history and necessity of mechanical alloying 3.1 History of story of mechanical alloying 3.2 Fabrications of ODS alloys3.3 Fabrications of other advanced materials3.4 Mechanical alloying, mechanical grinding, mechanical milling, and mechanical disordering3.5 Types of ball mills3.6 Mechanism of mechanical alloying3.7 Necessity of mechanical alloyingReferences

4. Controlling the powder-milling process4.1 Factors affecting the MA/MD/MMReferences

5. Ball milling as a superior nanotechnological fabrication’s tool5.1 Introduction5.2 Nanocrystalline materials5.3 Formation of nanocrystalline materials by ball milling technique5.4 Selected examples5.5 Effect of ball milling on the structure of carbon nanotubes5.6 Pressing and sintering of powders materials5.7 Consolidation of nanocrystalline powders5.8 Spark plasma sintering for consolidation of ball-milled nanocrystalline powders5.9 Fabrication of nanodiamonds and carbon nanotubes by millingReferences

6. Mechanochimical process for fabrication of 3D nanomaterials6.1 Introduction6.2 Reduction of Cu2O with Ti by room temperature rod milling6.3 Properties6.4 Mechanism of MSSR6.5 Fabrication of nanocrystalline WC and nanocomposite WC-MgO refractory materials by MSSR method6.6 c-BN6.7 NbNReferences

7. Fabrication of nanocrystalline refractory materials7.1 Introduction7.2 Preparation challenges and difficulties7.3 Synthesizing and properties of mechanically solid-state reacted tic powders7.4 Other carbides produced by mechanical alloyingReferences

8. Fabrication of and consolidation of hard nanocomposite materials8.1 Introduction and background8.2 Fabrications methods of particulate MMNCs 8.3 WC-based nanocomposites8.4 Fabrication of metal matrix/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites by mechanical alloyingReferences

9. Solid-state hydrogen storage nanomaterials for fuel cell applications9.1 Introduction9.2 Hydrogen energy9.3 Solid-state hydrogen storage9.4 Magnesium hydride as an example of solid-state hydrogen storage materialReferences

10. Mechanically induced-catalyzation for improving the behavior of MgH210.1 Introduction10.2 Scenarios for improving the behavior of MgH210.3 Combination of cold rolling and ball milling for improving the kinetics behavior of MgH2 powdersReferences

11. Implementation of MgH2-based nanocomposite for fuel cell applications11.1 Introduction11.2 Hydrogen reactorsReferences

12. Utilization of ball-milled powders for surface protective coating12.1 Introduction12.2 Thermal sprayingReferences

13. Mechanically induced solid-state amorphization13.1 Introduction13.2 Fabrication of amorphous alloys by mechanical alloying process13.3 Crystal-to-glass transition13.4 Mechanism of amorphization by mechanical alloying process13.5 The glass-forming range13.6 Amorphization via mechanical alloying when ∆Hfor = Zero; mechanical solid-state amorphization of Fe50W50 binary system13.7 Special systems and applications 13.8 Difference between mechanical alloying and mechanical disordering in the amorphization reaction OF Al50Ta50 in a rod mill13.9 Mechanically induced cyclic crystalline-amorphous transformations during mechanical alloying13.10 Consolidation of multicomponent metallic glassy alloy powders into full-dense bulk materials13.11 Recent studiesReferences

14. Mechanical alloying for preparing nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys14.1 Introduction14.2 Preparations of nanocrystalline HEAs by mechanical alloying References

15. Biomedical applications of mechanically alloyed powders15.1 Introduction 15.2 Metallic biomaterials15.3 Mechanical alloying for fabrication of metallic biomaterials