Open AccessCarbon nanotube reinforced aluminium composites fabricated by powder metallurgical and hot-rolling techniques
Author(s) -
Hideaki Tsukamoto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/856/1/012007
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , composite material , aluminium , composite number , ultimate tensile strength , slurry , fabrication , dispersion (optics) , vickers hardness test , aluminium powder , microstructure , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , optics
This research aims to fabricate light weight and high strength materials such as multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) reinforced aluminium composites at relatively low cost. CNT/Al composites have been fabricated in three steps: (1) preparation of CNT dispersion, (2) preparation of CNT/Al based composite material by powder metallurgical slurry method, and (3) strengthening and refining of CNT/Al based composites by rolling processes. After fabrication, the composites have been characterized on dispersibility of CNT, Vickers hardness, three-point bending and tensile properties.