Fabrication and evaluation of mechanical and tribological properties of boron carbide reinforced aluminum matrix nanocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3263-3271

  Mohammad Sharifi, E ^a   Karimzadeh, F ^a   Enayati, M H ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Nano materials; C. Powder metallurgy; E. Wear

Indexed keywords

C. POWDER METALLURGY; E. WEAR; MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL MIXED LAYER; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; OPTIMUM PROPERTIES; PURE AL; REINFORCED ALUMINUM; ULTIMATE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR TEST;

BALL MILLING; BORON; BORON CARBIDE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POWDER METALLURGY; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 79953163673     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.02.033     Document Type: Article

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