Factors Influencing the Properties of Whisker-Metal Composites
- 1 October 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Composite Materials
- Vol. 3 (4) , 618-629
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002199836900300403
Abstract
Composites of aluminum reinforced with α-silicon carbide whiskers have been fabricated by a powder metallurgical technique. Although reinforcement was achieved, composite properties fall considerably below what is expected from the constituent properties. This is inter preted in terms of voids, fiber breakage, and imperfect fiber orientation and the conclusions are supported by a study of the fracture mode of samples tensile tested at temperatures to 500°C.Keywords
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