Euromat 2011, European congress and exhibition on advanced materials and processes
du 12 au 15 Septembre 2011
FEMS, SF2M, AIM
Montpellier
France
[en] Mg alloys ; Composite materials ; Processing
[en] Mg matrix composites appear as suitable competitors to Al alloys for a wide number of applications, as they allow for a significant weight reduction while exhibiting potentially comparable mechanical properties. And a large variety of processing routes have already been considered for their production, including 'liquid state' processes such as squeeze casting. These techniques necessitate a very careful control of the wetting behaviour and of the possible interfacial reactions between the reinforcements and the molten metal, along with the solidification process. And this is more particularly true in the case of Mg matrix composites with carbon fibers reinforcements, as Mg alloys are known to exhibit a poor wetting behaviour on carbon substrates.
[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Science des matériaux métalliques >]
