Fundamental Concepts of Wettability and Interfacial Bond Strength in AluminumMatrix, SiC-Reinforced Composites

摘要

Research accomplishments include: Surface Energy Measurement - Differentialoptical reflectance was used to measure the optical transitions in aluminum and its alloys. The semi-empirical correlation developed earlier was used to calculate the surface energy from the measured transition energies. PRedicted surface energies, using the model, were in close agreement with experimentally