The main direction for production of powder aluminium composite materials

Abstract

Production of aluminum-matrix composite materials is relevant and rather interesting task of modern metallurgical industry. In recent years, considerable success has been achieved in the design of such materials for various applications, but the specificity of the structure of such composites greatly limits the possibilities of using traditional methods of melting processing. Therefore, this article briefly discuss methods for producing composites based on aluminum, their properties, and the nature of the interaction of Al with C, Be, B, W, Al₂O₃, Si0₂, SiC, B₄C, TiC. It is shown that among the mentioned production methods, the most promising and economically viable methods are powder metallurgy.