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Materials Transactions, Vol.46 No.07 (2005) pp.1741-1744
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Manufacture of Aluminum/Carbon Composites Based on Wood Templates

Tian-Chi Wang, Tong-Xiang Fan, Di Zhang and Guo-Ding Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, P. R. China

Al/C composites, with microstructures controlled by the natural bio-structures (wood templates), were successfully fabricated by infiltrating the melted Al alloy into the carbon preform, which was pyrolyzed from the wood. The microstructures and the mechanical properties of the obtained composites were researched. The results indicated that the wood templates could have the vital influences on the microstructures of the Al/C composites. Moreover, the Al/C composites exhibited a higher strength than the carbon preform, and their mechanical properties were anisotropic.

(Received 2005/4/18; Accepted 2005/6/7; Published 2005/7/15)

Keywords: wood, composites, fibers, infiltration

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