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Abstract: Different routes have been investigated to synthesize tungsten (W) – tungsten nitride (W2N) nanocomposite powder by mechanochemical method in magnesium–tungsten oxide–melamine ternary system. In stoichiometric mixture, reduction of tungsten oxide by magnesium took place after 30 minutes of milling in mechanically induced self‐sustaining reaction (MSR). A large amount of heat generated from magnesiothermic reaction, makes the used melamine unstable which causes the formation of undesirable tungsten carbide phase. By separating magnesiothermic reduction from nitride formation reaction, no thermal degradation of melamine occurred; however, milling alone has not brought much change in the used melamine to form tungsten nitride. Dispersion of reaction heat by adding magnesium in three‐stages (during 3 hours of milling) has been capable of preparing maximum value of tungsten nitride phase. According to scanning and transmission electron microscope images, the range of particle size was within 100 nanometer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]