TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanical and microstructural characterization of aluminum reinforced with carbon-coated silver nanoparticles
AU - Martínez-Sánchez, R.
AU - Reyes-Gasga, J.
AU - Caudillo, R.
AU - García-Gutierrez, D. I.
AU - Márquez-Lucero, A.
AU - Estrada-Guel, I.
AU - Mendoza-Ruiz, D. C.
AU - José Yacaman, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was also supported (in part) by CONACYT (Y46618). Thanks to W. Antúnez-Flores, A. Hernández-Gutiérrez and E. Torres-Molle for their technical assistance.
Funding Information:
“This material is based on research sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, under agreement number FA9559-06-1-0524. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon.” “The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the Air Force Research Laboratory or the U.S. Government.”
PY - 2007/7/12
Y1 - 2007/7/12
N2 - Composites of pure aluminum with carbon-coated silver nanoparticles (Ag-C NP) of 10 nm in size were prepared by the mechanical milling process. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the Ag-C NP are homogeneously dispersed into the Al matrix, silver nanoparticles do not coalesce, grow or dissolve in the aluminum matrix due the carbon shell. The values of yield strength (σy), maximum strength (σmax) and micro-hardness Vickers (HVN) of the composites were evaluated and reported as a function of Ag-C NP content. It has been found that the introduction of this type of particles in aluminum strengthen it, increasing all the previous parameters.
AB - Composites of pure aluminum with carbon-coated silver nanoparticles (Ag-C NP) of 10 nm in size were prepared by the mechanical milling process. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the Ag-C NP are homogeneously dispersed into the Al matrix, silver nanoparticles do not coalesce, grow or dissolve in the aluminum matrix due the carbon shell. The values of yield strength (σy), maximum strength (σmax) and micro-hardness Vickers (HVN) of the composites were evaluated and reported as a function of Ag-C NP content. It has been found that the introduction of this type of particles in aluminum strengthen it, increasing all the previous parameters.
KW - Composites materials
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Powder metallurgy
KW - Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.08.051
DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.08.051
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:34247568479
SN - 0925-8388
VL - 438
SP - 195
EP - 201
JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
IS - 1-2
ER -