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Nitridation-assisted Al infiltration for fabricating Al composites

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In this study, we developed an Mg-, vacuum-, and pressure-free process for manufacturing Al-based composites via nitridation-assisted spontaneous infiltration of molten Al. In this process, the wettability between molten Al and ceramic reinforcement was significantly enhanced by nitridation via heating and surface modification of the Al particles; this provided a sufficient capillary force (i.e., negative curvature) for spontaneous infiltration of molten Al. The proposed process can generate composites based on Mg-free Al matrices and is relatively versatile in terms of the type, volume fraction, and morphology of the reinforcement material. Furthermore, the properties of the final composites can be modified by controlling their degree of nitridation, thereby expanding the material scope and their corresponding application fields.

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) [2014R1A1A2057846 and 2009-0093814].

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  1. School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University, 77 Jeongneung-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-702, Republic of Korea

    Kon-Bae Lee, Seong-Hyeon Yoo & Hyun-Joo Choi

  2. SENUS, 88 Jangja-ro, 6beon-gil, Namdong-gu, Incheon, 405-250, Republic of Korea

    Hae-Sung Kim

  3. Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Wolsong-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 130-650, Republic of Korea

    Sung-Ok Won, Bum-Jin Yang & Jae-Pyoung Ahn

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Lee, KB., Yoo, SH., Kim, HS. et al. Nitridation-assisted Al infiltration for fabricating Al composites. J Mater Sci 52, 4333–4344 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0571-7

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