Spark plasma synthesis from mechanically activated powders: a versatile route for producing dense nanostructured iron aluminides

The possibility of mechanically activated spark plasma sintering (MASPS) to perform simultaneously within a very short period of time the synthesis and the consolidation of nanophase iron aluminide from mechanically activated powders of Fe and Al in two different ratio (Fe53 at.% and Fe60 at.%) were confirmed in this work. (C) 2003 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.