An apparatus for pressure casting of fibre-reinforced high-temperature metal-matrix composites

S. Nourbakhsh, F. L. Liang, H. Margolin

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Abstract

Liquid metal infiltration techniques for producing metal-matrix composites offer economic advantages. To date metal-matrix composites produced by casting have been limited to low-temperature metals such as Al, Mg and Pb because of the serious problems inherent in high-temperature casting. A technique and apparatus is described which has permitted the production of fibre-reinforced NiAl/Al2O3 and Ni3Al/Al2O 3 composites. The technique involves liquid metal infiltration of Al2O3 fibres under gas pressure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number017
Pages (from-to)898-902
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
Volume21
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • General Materials Science
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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