Many natural minerals exist in the form of a solid solution. The systematic changes in structural and physical properties of oxide solid solutions are of geological importance and allow for wide applications. In order to understand the composition-structureproperty relations, substitutional solid solutions of CuxZn2−xTiO4, ZnxMg1−xTi2O5 and CuxMg1−xTi2O5 have been synthesised by mechanochemical activation assisted solid state synthesis. Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis has been employed to achieve the interstitial solid solutions of Ti5Si3Zx (Z refers to the element boron or oxygen). The changes in the crystal structure and physical properties due to the formation of solid solutions are investigated by employing X-ray diffractio...