ISMANAM 98 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Metastable, Mechanical Alloyed and Nanocrystalline Materials (ISMANAM 98), held in Wollongong (Sydney), Australia, December 1998

Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials offer enormous technological potential and, for this reason, they are the subject of intense world-wide research.

This books reports exciting new research results in the area of bulk metallic glasses and bulk nanocrystalline materials prepared by severe plastic deformation. Other major topics include synthesis and processing of metals, intermetallics and oxides, polymers, nanocomposites and others by different techniques, including mechanosynthesis and mechanochemistry. Also covered are the structural characterization of nanophase materials and the structural evolution caused by mechanical treatment.

Papers from a July 2000 symposium, reporting on major advances in the field, arranged in sections on bulk metallic glasses, nanocrystalline alloys, steels, intermetallics, nanostructured materials, mechanical alloying, reactive milling, devitrification, magnetic applications, and general applications. Among the specific topics: consolidation of dispersion strengthened nanostructured copper via hot extrusion, particle size evolution in non-adhered ductile powders during mechanical alloying, reactive milling under hydrogen of a Nd-Fe-B powder, nanometric architecture of SmC05 related magnetic properties, and precursors for Fe-based magnetic nanocrystalline phases in Ag matrix. Distributed by Enfield. c. Book News Inc.

This book surveys the broad field of mechanical alloying from a scientific and technological perspective to form a timely and comprehensive resource valuable to both students and researchers. The treatment progresses from the historical background through a description of the process, the different metastable effects produced, and the mechanisms of

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. The major topics covered include the synthesis and processing of metals, intermetallics, oxides, polymers, nanocomposites and other materials; characterization; thermodynamics and modeling; mechanisms and kinetics of loss of metastability and coarsening; mechanical, magnetic, catalytic and other properties, and applications. This comprehensive publication comprises 165 peer-reviewed papers. Part 1: INTRODUCTION. I. SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING. 1. Mechanical Alloying and Milling. 2. Structural Evolution during Milling. 3. Consolidation and Sintering. 4. Mechanochemistry. 5. Physical and Chemical Routes. II. CHARACTERISATION. Part 2: III. THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS. 1. Thermodynamics and Metastable Phases. 2. Mechanisms, Modelling and Simulation. 3. Crystallization. IV. PROPERTIES. 1. Catalytic. 2. Electrochemical and Electrical. 3. Magnetic. 4. Mechanical. 5. Other. V. NEAR AND LONG TERM APPLICATIONS.

Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials are currently among the hottest research topics in materials science.