Development of P/M processing for superplastic aluminium-lithium matrix composites

• Main Author: Koh, Lian Huat.
• Other Authors: Tan, Ming Jen
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19885
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This investigation involved the development of a powder metallurgical (P/M) route consisting of, powder mixing, degassing, cold isostatic pressing (CIP) and hot extrusion, for the production, principally, of a 0.8um SiCp reinforced aluminium-lithium 8090 alloy composite. Other particle sizes of rein...