THERMAL-EXPANSION CHARACTERISTICS OF CAST CU BASED METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES

Authors
PRAKASAN K PALANIAPPAN S SESHAN S
Citation
K. Prakasan et al., THERMAL-EXPANSION CHARACTERISTICS OF CAST CU BASED METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES, Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, 28(12), 1997, pp. 1019-1022
Citations number
10
Journal title
Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing → ACNP
ISSN journal
1359835X
Volume
28
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1019 - 1022
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-835X(1997)28:12<1019:TCOCCB>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Like any other metal/alloy, copper and its alloys also soften at eleva ted temperatures. Reinforcing with ceramic or carbon fibres is one of the suggested solutions to overcome this. Very limited literature is a vailable on Cu based metal matrix composites (MMCs); none of these per tain to liquid phase fabrication. Hence, a systematic investigation wa s carried out on MMCs based on copper, with alumine-silicate fibres an d carbon fibres as reinforcements. The MMCs thus produced exhibit a un iform distribution of reinforcement in the matrix. Coefficient of ther mal expansion (CTE) values are lower than that of pure copper. (C) 199 7 Published by Elsevier Science Limited.