MoO 3 + βNiO + Al + B + (FA) → Mo 2 NiB 2 - αNi + Al 2 O 3 + Q where FA - functional additives which promote phase separation, α, β stand for respective mass fractions of Ni and NiO, Q- energy evolved. The steel substrate were used for hardfasing by MMCs in-situ SHS. The flowsheet is follow: after initiation with an igniting coil,