Electroless nickel coated short carbon fibres in aluminium matrix composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 566-575

  Rams, J ^a   Urena A ^a   Escalera, M D ^a   Sanchez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Metal matrix composites (MMCs); E. Casting; E. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COATED MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; FABRICATION; FIBERS; INTERMETALLICS;

ELECTROLESS NICKEL COATING; SURFACE TREATMENTS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 33751550973     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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