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Development of Al- and Cu-based nanocomposites reinforced by graphene nanoplatelets: Fabrication and characterization
Received date: 27 Feb 2017
Accepted date: 05 Apr 2017
Published date: 26 May 2017
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Aluminum and copper matrix nanocomposites reinforced by graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were successfully fabricated by a wet mixing method followed by conventional powder metallurgy. The uniform dispersion of GNPs within the metal matrices showed that the wet mixing method has a great potential to be used as a mixing technique. However, by increasing the GNPs content, GNPs agglomeration was more visible. DSC and XRD of Al/GNPs nanocomposites showed that no new phase formed below the melting point of Al. Microstructural observations in both nanocomposites reveal the evident grain refinement effect as a consequence of GNPs addition. The interfacial bonding evaluation shows a poor interfacial bonding between GNPs and Al, while the interfacial bonding between Cu and GNPs is strong enough to improve the properties of the Cu/GNPs nanocomposites. In both composites, the coefficient of thermal expansion decreases as a function of GNPs while, their hardness is improved by increasing the GNPs content as well as their elastic modulus.
Key words: nanocomposite; aluminum; copper; graphene; microstructure; thermal expansion
Abdollah SABOORI , Matteo PAVESE , Claudio BADINI , Paolo FINO . Development of Al- and Cu-based nanocomposites reinforced by graphene nanoplatelets: Fabrication and characterization[J]. Frontiers of Materials Science, 2017 , 11(2) : 171 -181 . DOI: 10.1007/s11706-017-0377-9
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