Wettability in Aluminium-Graphite Particles Composites (Review)

Abstract:

The paper presents some aspects regarding the wetting conditions in aluminium – graphite composite. The wettability depends on several factors like the presence of the oxide skin at the melt surface, formation Al₄C₃ at the interface between Al and particles, temperature, pressure etc. In this paper, the conditions of perfect wettability of carbon by molten Al achieved under MCl–_K2TiF6 molten salts (fluxes), alloying of the melt with surface active elements, heat treatment of reinforcement material and coating of the particles with a metallic thin layer.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1143)
• Pages: 64-71
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1143.64
• Online since: February 2017
• Authors: Hazim Faleh, Muna Noori, Florin Ştefănescu, Gigel Neagu, Eduard Marius Stefan
• Keywords: Alloying Elements, Aluminium, Flux, Graphite Particles

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