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MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma9050399
Keywords
aluminium composites; titanium carbide; nanofibers reienforcemnts; HFIHS
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- National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MARRIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [ADV-1853-2]
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TiC nanofibers reinforced Al matrix composites were produced by High Frequency Induction Heat Sintering (HFIHS). The titanium carbide nanofibers with an average diameter of 90 nm are first prepared by electrospinning technique and high temperature calcination process. A composite solution containing polyacrylonitrile and titanium isopropoxide is first electrospun into the nanofibers, which are subsequently stabilized and then calcined to produce the desired TiC nanofibers. The X-ray diffraction pattern and transmission electron microscopy results show that the main phase of the as-synthesized nanofibers is titanium carbide. The TiC nanofibers is then mixed with the aluminum powders and introduced into high frequency induction heat sintering (HFIHS) to produce composites of TiC nanofibers reinforced aluminum matrix. The potential application of the TiC nanofibers reinforced aluminum matrix composites was systematically investigated. 99.5% relative density and around 85 HV (833 MPa) Vickers hardness of the Al reinforced with 5 wt % TiC nanofiber has been obtained. Furthermore, the sample of Al contains 5 wt % TiC, has the highest value of compression and yield strength of about 415 and 350 MPa, respectively. The ductility of the Al/5 wt % TiC showed increasing with increasing the TiC contents.
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