STUDYING THE EFFECT OF VARIATION IN VOLUME FRACTIONS OF CARBON FIBRES ON MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER BASED COMPOSITES
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2018-05-01
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University of Eloued جامعة الوادي
Abstract
Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) belong to a class of weight efficient structural materials that
are becoming popular in engineering applications especially in electronics, aerospace, aircraft,
packaging and various other industries. This study focuses on the effect of varying carbon fiber
wt. % on the mechanical properties of the Cu-C composite. The carbon fibers were coated with
copper by electroless plating in order to increase the wettability of fibers with the copper matrix.
Four compositions of copper based composite were developed by varying amount of carbon
fibers. The yield strength decreases with increasing fiber size while the ultimate tensile strength
increases with increasing fiber size. Rockwell hardness test showed an increasing trend of
hardness for increasing carbon fibers. The conductivity of Cu-C composite decreases by
increasing carbon fibers content. Wear rate of Cu-C composite increases when carbon fibers
content increases in the composite. SEM/EDX analysis revealed the size and distribution of fibers
and indicated the fracture phenomenon.
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Article in Journal of Fundamental and sciences. university of el oued
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1112-9867
Citation
T. Ahmad, S. S. Raza, M. Kamran, M. U. Manzoor, A. Salman. STUDYING THE EFFECT OF VARIATION IN VOLUME FRACTIONS OF CARBON FIBRES ON MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER BASED COMPOSITES. Journal of Fundamental and sciences. vol.10, no 2. May 2018. university of el oued. [visited in ../../….]. available from [copy the link here]