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Strength versus ductility in carbon nanotube reinforced nickel matrix nanocomposites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2014

Tushar Borkar ,
Jaewon Hwang ,
Jun Yeon Hwang ,
Thomas W. Scharf ,
Jaimie Tiley ,
Soon Hyung Hong  and
Rajarshi Banerjee
Tushar Borkar
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203
Jaewon Hwang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
Jun Yeon Hwang
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Jeonbuk 565-905, Korea
Thomas W. Scharf
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203
Jaimie Tiley
Affiliation:
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio 45433
Soon Hyung Hong*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
Rajarshi Banerjee*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203
*
b)e-mail: shhong@kaist.ac.kr
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: Rajarshi.Banerjee@unt.edu
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Abstract

Two types of carbon nanotube reinforced nickel (CNT/Ni) nanocomposites were processed, both involving spark plasma sintering (SPS) of precursor powders consisting of nickel and carbon nanotubes. The first type involved simple mechanical dry milling of nickel and CNT powders, followed by sintering using SPS, resulting in nanocomposites exhibiting a tensile yield strength of 350 MPa (about two times that of SPS processed monolithic nickel with a strength of 160 MPa) and about 30% elongation to failure. In contrast, the nanocomposites processed by SPS of powders prepared by molecular-level mixing (MLM) exhibited substantially higher tensile yield strength of 690 MPa but limited ductility with an 8% elongation to failure. While the former type of processing involving dry-milling is expected to be lower in cost as well as easy to scale-up, the latter type of processing technique involving MLM leads to a more homogeneous distribution of nanotubes, leading to extraordinarily high strength levels.

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sinteringcompositestress/strain relationship
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , 28 March 2014 , pp. 761 - 769
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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