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The preparation of Ti 50 Cu 28 Ni 15 Sn 7 metallic glass composite powders was accomplished by mechanical alloying of pure Ti, Cu, Ni, Sn and WC for 18 ks. In the ball-milled composites, initial WC particles were homogeneously dispersed in the Ti-based alloy glassy matrix. The metallic glass composite powders exhibited a large supercooled liquid region just below the crystallization temperature. The presence of WC nanoparticles did not change the glass formation ability of amorphous Ti 50 Cu 28 Ni 15 Sn 7 powders. The as-milled Ti 50 Cu 28 Ni 15 Sn 7 and composite powders were consolidated by vacuum hot pressing into compact discs with a diameter and thickness of 10 and 4 mm, respectively. Microstructural analysis showed that the bulk metallic glass composite contained submicron WC particles homogeneously embedded in a highly dense nanocrystalline/amorphous matrix. Incorporation of WC into consolidated composite compacts resulted in a significant increase in hardness.

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