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Thermal conductivity of aluminum matrix composites reinforced with mixtures of diamond and SiC particles
- Source :
- Scripta Materialia. 58:393-396
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- Aluminum matrix composites reinforced with mixtures of diamond and SiC particles of equal size were produced by gas pressure assisted liquid metal infiltration. Replacing SiC gradually by diamond particles results in a steady increase of thermal conductivity from 220 W/mK to 580 W/mK. Electrical conductivity measurements indicate that the silicon content in the matrix decreases with increasing diamond volume fraction. Predictions of the differential effective medium scheme generalized for multiple types of inclusions agree well with experimental results.
- Subjects :
- SiC
Liquid metal
Materials science
Silicon
Mechanical Engineering
Material properties of diamond
Metals and Alloys
chemistry.chemical_element
Diamond
engineering.material
Condensed Matter Physics
Thermal conductivity
chemistry
Mechanics of Materials
Aluminium
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Volume fraction
engineering
General Materials Science
Composite material
Aluminum
Composites
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13596462
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scripta Materialia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de299492a7d9a5b590cbbf5e9a1698aa