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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 3
March 20-21, 2019 | London, UK
Materials Science and Materials Chemistry
2
nd
International Conference on
Modification to metal matrix composites designation system
Babalola Philip Olufemi
Covenant University, Nigeria
M
etal matrix composite (MMC) are engineered materials
made from a metal and another conventional material
like ceramic, carbon and hard or soft metal. However, MMCs
with Aluminium as the matrix predominates all other metals
combined. Hence, Aluminium Association developed a
standard system of designating MMCs to clarify the matrix,
reinforcement, percentage composition and the form of
reinforcement. This paper reviewed the existing standard by
adding information on the size of the reinforcement which was
found to have a remarkable effect on the producedMMC. Other
researchers corroborated the effect of particle size on MMC
and should not be neglected when identifying the composites.
e:
phillip.babalola@covenantuniversity.edu.ng