Method of manufacture of metal composite material including intermetallic compounds with no micropores
US5236032A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22F3/26
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A metal matrix composite material having uniformly dispersed intermetallic compounds and no micropores is manufactured by forming a porous preform including 60% to 80% by volume fine fragments essentially made of aluminum, 1% to 10% by volume fine fragments essentially made of nickel, copper or both, and 1% to 10% by volume fine fragments essentially made of titanium so that these fine fragments occupy in total 62% to 95% by volume of said preform, and at least a part of the preform is contacted with a melt of a matrix metal selected from aluminum, aluminum alloy, magnesium and magnesium alloy, so that the porous preform is infiltrated with the melt under no substantial application of pressure to the melt.
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