Abstract:TheSolid/liquidReactionSynthesisTechnologyforMetalMatrixCompositeshasattractedanincreasinginterest, andalotofimportantprogresseshavebeenmadeinrecentyears.Fivetypicalprocesses ,exothermicdispersion ,coatingtech nologybycontactreaction ,liquidcontactreaction ,meltinfiltrationandreactivespraydeposition ,havebeenreviewed .More attentionhasbeenpaidtorecentdevelopmentoftheresearchworkontheexothermicdispersion ,coatingtechnologybycontact reactionandliquidcontactreaction .Thecharacteristicsoftheseprocessesareanalysed ,andtheexistedproblemsonthereac tionsynthesistechnologiesarediscussed .