The processing of a molybdenum AISI M2 high speed steel with the addition of NbC
(6% in mass) by a Powder Metallurgy technique of Mechanical Alloying is the aim of this work.
Mechanical Alloying (MA) has been used primarily for particle size reduction, to its present status as an important method for the preparation of either materials with enhanced physical and
mechanical properties or, indeed, new phases, or new engineering materials.