“…Phase evolution of Cr–B (CrB and CrB 2 phases), Mo–B (MoB 2 and Mo 2 B 5 phases), Co–P alloys, Ni–P alloys, Ni 70 P 30 (main phases: Ni 2 P and Ni 12 P 5 ), and Fe 8 P , (main phase: Fe 2 P) was investigated by reactive ball milling, a solid state method that avoids the loss of P/B or M in the solvent or in the gas phase. These results at the bulk scale were oriented by the imposed stoichiometry and by thermodynamics, which predicts that some particular phases are more stable than others. , (M x M′ 1‑ x )B 2 (M, M′ = Ti, Hf, Zr, Ta, Nb) and (Ni x Co 1‑ x ) 2 P solid solutions were also obtained. In the latter case, a phase segregation was observed for high Co proportions.…”