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Reinforcement with graphene nanosheets in aluminum matrix composites

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Abstract

  • Graphene has a high fracture strength of 125 GPa, making it an ideal reinforcement for composite materials. Aluminum composites

    reinforced with graphene nanosheets (GNSs) were fabricated for the first time through a feasible methodology based on flake

    powder metallurgy. The tensile strength of 249 MPa was achieved in the Al composite reinforced with only 0.3 wt.% GNSs, which is

    62% enhancement over the unreinforced Al matrix. The relevant strengthening mechanisms involved in the GNS/Al composites

    were discussed along with experimental procedure.

UOW Authors

  •   Wang, Jingyue (external author)
  •   Li, Zhiqiang (external author)
  •   Fan, Genlian (external author)
  •   Pang, Huanhuan (external author)
  •   Chen, Zhixin
  •   Zhang, Di (external author)

Publication Date

  • 2012

Citation

  • Wang, J., Li, Z., Fan, G., Pang, H., Chen, Z. & Zhang, D. 2012, 'Reinforcement with graphene nanosheets in aluminum matrix composites', Scripta Materialia, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 594-597.

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  • 2-s2.0-84862813463

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  • http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=eispapers

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Number Of Pages

  • 3

Start Page

  • 594

End Page

  • 597

Volume

  • 66

Issue

  • 8

Place Of Publication

  • United Kingdom

Abstract

  • Graphene has a high fracture strength of 125 GPa, making it an ideal reinforcement for composite materials. Aluminum composites

    reinforced with graphene nanosheets (GNSs) were fabricated for the first time through a feasible methodology based on flake

    powder metallurgy. The tensile strength of 249 MPa was achieved in the Al composite reinforced with only 0.3 wt.% GNSs, which is

    62% enhancement over the unreinforced Al matrix. The relevant strengthening mechanisms involved in the GNS/Al composites

    were discussed along with experimental procedure.

UOW Authors

  •   Wang, Jingyue (external author)
  •   Li, Zhiqiang (external author)
  •   Fan, Genlian (external author)
  •   Pang, Huanhuan (external author)
  •   Chen, Zhixin
  •   Zhang, Di (external author)

Publication Date

  • 2012

Citation

  • Wang, J., Li, Z., Fan, G., Pang, H., Chen, Z. & Zhang, D. 2012, 'Reinforcement with graphene nanosheets in aluminum matrix composites', Scripta Materialia, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 594-597.

Scopus Eid

  • 2-s2.0-84862813463

Ro Full-text Url

  • http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=eispapers

Ro Metadata Url

  • http://ro.uow.edu.au/eispapers/64

Has Global Citation Frequency

Number Of Pages

  • 3

Start Page

  • 594

End Page

  • 597

Volume

  • 66

Issue

  • 8

Place Of Publication

  • United Kingdom