Compatibility between carbon fibre and binary aluminium alloys

Effects of alloying on the wettability of copper to carbon fibers.

“…The improvement of the wettability can be mainly attributed to the interface adsorption of alloying elements and the interface reactions betweenalloying elements and carbon fibers which lead to the reductions in interface tension. (4) The little degradation in tensile strength of the coated carbon fibers can be attributed to the rather small quantity of alloying additions and the moderate tendency towards forming carbides.…”

“…[1][2][3][4] Unlike aluminum, at the interface of C/Cu composites copper was reported to be chemically inert against carbon fibers.5) Such an mterface on the one hand can meet the physicochemical stability requirernents for it in a composite, but on the other hand, becauseofthe poor wettability of copper to carbon fibers, such an interface is not so strong as to transfer the applied load between copper matrix and carbon fibers.…”

Mechanical Properties, Surface Structure, and Morphology of Carbon Fibers Pre-heated for Liquid Aluminum Infiltration

“…The oxidation process could be reduced, even for higher temperatures of up to 1100°C, by heating the fibers in an argon atmosphere of higher quality or in vacuum ( Ref 16,[25][26][27]. However, this is not practicable in HPDC.…”

Effect of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Content and Process Variables on Structure and Properties of Al-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Compacts

“…However, the poor wetability of alumina particles causes a severe problem in producing these composites by conventional melting and casting technique [10]. This problem can be overcome to many extents by additions of MgO, Mg ribbon or magnesium coated alumina [11]- [13]. This of course makes the system more complex with a high intricacy of the production technique.…”