“…The main processing routes explored so far for preparation of Mo(Si,Al) 2 are arc melting [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ], self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ], hot pressing [ 11 ], spark plasma sintering (SPS) [ 12 ], and some others [ 13 ], as specified in Table 1 .…”