An overview of production technologies and its application of metal matrix composites
Nikhil Bharat, P. S. C. Bose
Abstract
In the recent years, the industries need for low cost, efficient, high-strength to weight ratio and good quality materials has enormously changed the trends from inflexible material (monolithic materials) to composite materials. Metal matrix composites are made up of two or more constituents in which one constituent must be metal and the others may be metallic or any other reinforcing constituents. Metal matrix composite possesses good wear resistance, high-temperature strength which are difficult to achieve by inflexible materials (monolithic), and due to these properties, metal matrix composites are rapidly capturing the commercial markets. Nowadays, various production techniques are used to manufacture metal matrix composites such as solid-state processes and liquid state process. An attempt has been made in this paper to review the production techniques and their application in today’s world.