In the past few years the global need for low cost, high performance and good quality
materials has caused a shift in research from monolithic to composite materials. In case of …

Magnesium (Mg) and some of its alloys have attracted extensive interests for biomedical
applications as they exhibit biodegradability and low elastic modulus that is closer to natural …

In this paper, recent progress in magnesium matrix composite technologies is reviewed. The
conventional and new processes for the fabrication of magnesium matrix composites are …

Of late, nanotechnology seems to be rapidly thrusting its applications in all aspects of life
including engineering and medicine. Materials science and engineering has experienced a …

Composites of Mg reinforced with 0.5, 1 and 2vol.% of nanosized Y2O3 particles were
fabricated using the disintegrated melt deposition technique. The nanocomposites were …

The use of ultrasonic non-linear effects to disperse nano-sized ceramic particles in molten
metal has been studied and nano-sized SiC particle reinforced AZ91D magnesium …

Composites based on two aluminium alloys (A536 and 6061) reinforced with 10% or 20%
volume fraction of SiC particles were produced by gravity casting and a novel two-step …

Metal matrix composites are an attractive choice for aerospace and automotive applications
because of their high stiffness-to-weight ratio. Composites with aluminum and magnesium …

Pure magnesium-30 Vol.% SiC particle composite are fabricated by melt stir technique
without the use of a flux or protective inert gas atmosphere. After hot extrusion with an …

One kind of (submicron+ micron) bimodal size SiCp/AZ91 composite was fabricated by the
stir casting technology. After hot deformation process, the influence of bimodal size particles …