The Role of Ti in the Preparation of SiC/7075 Aluminum Matrix Composite

Abstract

SiC/7075 aluminum matrix composites were prepared by a liquid stirring method. The role of Ti facilitating the preparation of SiC/7075 aluminum matrix were studied by means of direct-reading spectrometer, scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectrometer, X-ray diffraction and the sessile drop method. The results show that the SiC content in the SiC/7075 composite increases with an increase of Ti addition. The addition of Ti can significantly improve the wettability of SiC/Al system, there is a critical value of above 0.5% of Ti content in improving the wettability of the Al/SiC system at 1 173 K. The temperature of the “non wetting-wetting” transition for the (Al-2Ti)/SiC system is about 1 123 K, the contact angle decreases to 88 ° at 200 seconds and reaches a stable contact angle of 28 ° at 2 100 seconds.

Keywords

aluminum matrix composites / Al₃Ti particles / SiC particles / wettability

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