Metallography an overview ScienceDirect TopicsObviously the MA process performed by the rod milling technique can be classified into three stages that is to say early or agglomeration intermediate or disintegration and final or homogenization stages At the agglomeration stage 0 22 ks the alloying elemental powders of Al and Hf are agglomerated and grow in size as a result of repeated cold welding During this stage of milling