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Metallic alloys are versatile materials but their strength and stiffness can be further improved to the needs of designers. Fiber reinforcement of light metal matrices has been developed during the last few decades leading to remarkable improvements and first successful applications. After preliminary studies of boron fibers during the last 20 years silicon carbide and alumina fibers have been pushed by the industry also because of economical reasons. Carbon fibers still wait to be incorporated into light metal matrices.
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Bunk, W.G.J. (1998). Metal Matrix Composites: A Survey. In: Ciach, R. (eds) Advanced Light Alloys and Composites. NATO ASI Series, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9068-6_9
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