Aluminium Matrix Composites Reinforced with Co-continuous Interlaced Phases Aluminium-alumina Needles

AUTOR(ES)

Gregolin, Elvio de Napole, Goldenstein, Hélio, Gonçalves, Maria do Carmo, Santos, Rezende Gomes dos

FONTE

Materials Research

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002-09

RESUMO

An Al-5SiO2 (5 wt% of SiO2) aluminium matrix fiber composite was produced where the reinforcement consists of fossil silica fibers needles. After being heat-treated at 600 °C, the original fiber morphology was retained but its microstructure changed from solid silica to an interconnected (Al-Si)/Al2O3 interlaced structure named co-continuous composite. A technique of powder metallurgy, using commercial aluminium powder and the silica fibers as starting materials, followed by hot extrusion, was used to produce the composite. The co-continuous microstructure was obtained partially or totally on the fibers as a result of the reaction, which occurs during the heat treatment, first by solid diffusion and finally by the liquid Al-Si in local equilibrium, formed with the silicon released by reaction. The internal structure of the fibers was characterized using field emission electron microscope (FEG-SEM) and optical microscopy on polished and fractured samples.

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