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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanohorns Reinforced Aluminum Composites Prepared by Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering

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Commercial purity aluminum was reinforced with different percentages of carbon nanohorns (CNH) using ball milling (1 h) followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 550 °C for 5 min under 50 MPa pressure with heating rate 100 °C/min. The microstructure, hardness and compression properties of the spark-plasma-sintered carbon-nanohorns-reinforced aluminum (Al-CNH) composites were evaluated. Transmission electron microscopy revealed a uniform distribution of 0.3% CNH in Al, but above 0.3% CNH, agglomeration occurred. The compression strength of Al-0.3%CNH composites increased by 44% compared to the milled Al sample without CNH.

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Jagannatham, M., Sankaran, S. & Haridoss, P. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanohorns Reinforced Aluminum Composites Prepared by Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 582–592 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04534-w

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