Long compact cylindrical rods, which consist of a titanium monoboride-based TiB—30 wt % Ti ceramic composite material, are synthesized during combustion of the initial components (titanium, boron) followed by high-temperature deformation. High-temperature deformation is found to affect the orientation of the hardening titanium monoboride phase in the sample volume and the phase composition of the sample. The combustion temperature is studied as a function of the relative density of the initial workpiece under the experimental conditions.

Using local nucleation field technique, electronic microscopy, and optical microscopy, we studied different kind of defects in glass-coated microwires. We observed variation of Fe and Si content along the microwires and oxygen presence in defective regions on the metallic nucleus surface and indications of chemical interaction between the glass-coating and metallic nucleus.

Fe–Cu alloys can be characterized as a system with immiscible components (IC). This statement is based on a weak mutual solubility in the solid state