@Article{, title={Production of Ceramic-Based Composites By Self Infiltration}, author={N.E. Abdul-Latif and S.A. Kako}, journal={Iraqi Journal of Applied Physics المجلة العراقية للفيزياء التطبيقية}, volume={4}, number={1}, pages={25-30}, year={2008}, abstract={The aim of this work is to produce composite materials with ceramic base covered by a layer of aluminum and its alloys by means of self infiltration. Al2O3 powder was used after been pressed by different pressures (58MPa, 117MPa and 176MPa) in metallic mold. The sintering process has been preformed at 1200°C for two hours. After that, the porosity percentage was measured and the samples were heated to 700°C and then immersed in the molten pure aluminum and its alloys and heated to about 1000°C for half an hour .Then the samples were cooled to 650°C and examined by an optical microscope and the scanning electron microscope. Moreover, the x-ray diffraction for the samples has been employed to define the structure of the resulting composite .The testing results reveal that the immersing process can be successfully done in Al-Mg alloy to obtain composite material of ceramic base with metal layers.

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