Production of mechanically alloyed powder

摘要

An improved process is provided for producing mechanically alloyed powders of simple and complex alloy systems. In the improved process, the mechanically alloyed powder is milled to an acceptable processing level in a gravity-dependent ball mill to obtain a powder characterized by a laminate-type microstructure which is substantially optically homogeneous at a magnification of 100x. Such acceptable processing level is reached without processing the powder to a featureless microstructure or to saturation hardness.