Reinforcement coatings and interfaces in aluminium metal matrix composites

TPD Rajan, RM Pillai, BC Pai - Journal of materials science, 1998 - Springer
The interface between the matrix and reinforcement plays a crucial role in determining the
properties of metal matrix composites (MMC). Surface treatments and coating of the …

Crystallography of SiC/MgAl2O4/Al interfaces in a pre-oxidized SiC reinforced SiC/Al composite

ZP Luo - Acta materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
A transmission electron microscopy study has been performed on the crystallography of
SiC/MgAl2O4/Al interfaces in a pre-oxidized SiC particulate reinforced SiC/Al composite …

Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and interface of SiC particle reinforced 2124 Al matrix composite

D Mandal, S Viswanathan - Materials Characterization, 2013 - Elsevier
The microstructure and interface between metal matrix and ceramic reinforcement of a
composite play an important role in improving its properties. In the present investigation, the …

Effect of interfacial reaction on age-hardening ability of B4C/6061Al composites

YZ Li, QZ Wang, WG Wang, BL Xiao, ZY Ma - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The age-hardening ability of B 4 C/6061Al composites, fabricated by powder metallurgy
technique, were systematically investigated through varying B 4 C contents (0–30 wt%), hot …

Modification of the interface in SiC/Al composites

JC Lee, HI Lee, JP Ahn, Z Shi, Y Kim - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2000 - Springer
Methodologies both to avoid the formation of Al 4 C 3 and to tailor the interfacial structures in
a SiC/2014 Al composite were demonstrated. Modification of the interfacial structures in the …

The influence of a third element on the interface reactions in metal–matrix composites (MMC): Al–graphite system

J Pelleg, D Ashkenazi, M Ganor - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2000 - Elsevier
The basic concept of achieving reduced reactions at a matrix–fiber interface by decreasing
fiber solubility in the matrix of a metal matrix composite (MMC) was implemented on the Al …

Synthesis and microstructural characterization of Al–Mg alloy–SiC particle composite

S Valdez, B Campillo, R Perez, L Martínez - Materials letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Al–Mg-alloy was reinforced with 10 vol.% SiC particles size of 3 μm diameter by vortex
technique. Stiffener distribution, particle interaction with metal-matrix and mechanical …

Stability and response to rolling of the interfaces in cast Al–SiCp and Al–Mg alloy-SiCp composites

R Mitra, VSC Rao, R Maiti, M Chakraborty - Materials science and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Aluminium matrix composites reinforced with unoxidized or oxidized SiC particles and
varying Mg concentrations have been prepared using stir casting technique. The extent of …

Methodology to design the interfaces in SiC/Al composites

JC Lee, HI Lee, JP Ahn, JH Shim, Z Shi - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2001 - Springer
A methodology to control interfacial microstructures, while suppressing formation of Al 4 C 3
in wrought Al alloy composites reinforced with SiC, was demonstrated. Thermodynamic …

Prediction of Si contents to suppress the interfacial reaction in the SiCp/2014 Al composite

JC Lee, SB Park, HK Seok, CS Oh, HI Lee - Acta materialia, 1998 - Elsevier
Equilibrium Si contents required to prevent the interfacial reaction in the SiCp/2014 Al
composite were predicted using both theoretical calculations and experimental method …