Spark plasma sintered multi-wall carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum matrix composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Liao, Jin zhi ^a   Tan, Ming Jen ^a   Sridhar, Idapalapati ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Hardness; Hot extrusion; Multi wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs); Spark plasma sintering (SPS); Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMAS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AL SAMPLE; COMPOSITE POWDERS; HOT EXTRUSION; MATRIX COMPOSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; REINFORCED ALUMINUM; ROLLER MILLS; SPARK PLASMA; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING (SPS);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77953786845     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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