SELECTED THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES SUBJECTED TO MULTIPLE REMELTING

This article presents the results of research on selected thermophysical properties of the commercial F3S.10S, F3S.20S, F3S.30S metal matrix composites (MMCs) based on the Al359 alloy matrix reinforced with SiC particles added in an amount of 10 vol%, 20 vol% and 30 vol%, respectively. The composites were subjected to the repeated process of remelting (9 remelts altogether). Changes in the coefficient of linear expansion and thermal diffusivity were determined in function of the reinforcing phase content and number of the successively repeated remelting operations. It has been proved that the increasing content of the reinforcing phase causes a decrease in the coefficient of thermal expansion, whereas the nine times repeated remelting operation does not change in any major way these values. It was also stated that temperature increase was responsible for a significant decrease of the thermal diffusivity of the investigated materials.

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