A nanocrystalline layer was fabricated in bond area of 0Cr16Ni22Mo2Ti auste
nite steel using flash welding. The mean grain size near bond line is about
20 nm, and the farther the distance from bond line, the larger the size of
the nanocrystalline. The thickness of the nanocrystalline layer is about 5
0 mum. The formation mechanism of the nanocrystalline may be that the metal
in semisolid state is deformed severely and its solid grains are fragmente
d.