“…The High-Pressure Torsion (HPT) method opened a pathway to investigate these compounds since the large torsion deformation is applied under quasi-hydrostatic conditions which significantly suppress the fracture. A number of intermetallic compounds, such as TiNi, 1,2) Ni 3 Al, [3][4][5][6] Cu 3 Au, 7) ZrCu, 8) and Zr 3 Al, 9) have been subjected to HPT deformation which, aside from the expected grain refinement, resulted in various interesting phenomena, e.g. amorphization, disordering, and/or shear band formation.…”