Production and characterization of in-situ Al-NbB2 composites

摘要

We report here a melt processing route for the production of Al-NbB2 and Al-Cu-NbB2 in-situ composites in which fine NbB2 particles are uniformly distributed in Al matrix. During solidification, in-situ formed NbB2 phase in liquid Al contributed for enhanced heterogeneous nucleation, which caused a dramatic refinement of primary Al grain size, uniformly distributed second phases and enhanced wear characteristics.