Wettability and phase formation in TiC/Al-alloys assemblies

Wetting of TiC by Al–Cu alloys and interfacial characterization

“…The degree of reaction will depend of the temperature and chemical composition of the alloy used. The value of the contact angle can be significantly reduced by certain alloying elements which form continuous layers of compounds at the interface, by reaction with the solid substrate [6,12,13,18].…”

“…They found that Cu wets TiC below hypostoichiometry compositions of TiC 0.6 . More recent studies has bee carried out with commercial aluminum and aluminum alloys containing around 4 wt% of Cu [12,13]. The effects of alloying elements on wetting of TiC under flowing argon and vacuum atmospheres were investigated.…”

Adhesion and bonding of the Al/TiC interface

“…[25][26][27] showed Alalloys/TiC interface had large fracture energy, and thought that Si and Mg might improve the wetting of Al/TiC compared with above wetting results. But some other groups [28][29][30][31][32] demonstrated that Al could wet TiC at the high temperature, and revealed that the Al-alloys did not improve the wetting of TiC. Wetting experiments are giving conflicting answers to the two basic questions whether Al wets TiC and the additional elements enhance the wetting.…”

Novel Separation Technique of Particle Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites by Fused Deposition Method

“…This large decrease in the recovery of 30 vol% SiC P Effect of wettability between reinforcement particles and molten matrix alloy on the recovery. It has been reported that the wettability between ceramics reinforcement and molten metal would be improved by the formation of a reaction product [13]. An appropriate reaction product will improve the bonding strength between reinforcement and matrix alloy [9].…”