Powder metallurgy is very promising material production technology which allows to prepare the alloys that could hardly be manufactured by other processing route. Basic prerequisite to obtain the product of desired properties is the high quality of initial primary commodities, i.e. powders in the case of powder metallurgy. One of the available methods of powder preparation is so called mechanical alloying which starts from blended powder mixtures and allows production of homogeneous materials by severe deformation in a high-energy ball charge. This technology is especially suitable for brittle materials such as intermetallic alloys being developed for high-temperature and corrosive environments applications [1].
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