Highly conductive and strengthened copper matrix composite reinforced by Zr2Al3C4 particulates

Jie Zhang; Lingfeng He; Yanchun Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.02.026

Highly conductive and strengthened copper matrix composite reinforced by Zr₂Al₃C₄ particulates

Jie Zhang
, Lingfeng He
, Yanchun Zhou

Materials and Fuels Complex

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Abstract

A new copper matrix composite reinforced with Zr₂Al₃C₄ particulates was successfully fabricated by powder metallurgy method. In the whole reinforcing range, Cu/Zr₂Al₃C₄ composite possesses comparable electrical conductivity and better mechanical properties than those of Cu/graphite composite, which was widely accepted as the electro-contacting material. The high conductivity was attributed to the formation of a continuous copper network in the composite, while the high strength and modulus of Zr₂Al₃C₄ ceramic led to a notable improvement in the mechanical properties of the composite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	976-979
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scripta Materialia
Volume	60
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.02.026
State	Published - Jun 2009

Keywords

Cu/ZrAlC composite
Electrical conductivity
Mechanical properties

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