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Effect of flake powder metallurgy on thermal conductivity of graphite flakes reinforced aluminum matrix composites

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The optimization of metal–matrix composite material is linked firstly with the intrinsic properties of the matrix and the reinforcement used and secondly with the reinforcement–matrix interfacial zone and the distribution/orientation of the reinforcement inside the metal–matrix. Flake powder metallurgy was used to fabricate graphite flake reinforced aluminum matrix (Al/GF) composites fabricated by vacuum hot pressing. Two types of aluminum powders morphology were used: spherical (AlS) and flake (AlF) powders. A higher thermal conductivity in the in-plane direction of the graphite flakes was obtained for Al/GF composite materials fabricated with aluminum flake powder. In addition to a better orientation of the GF in the flake aluminum matrix, a 3D puckered surface and plane surface are formed at the Al/GF interface in, respectively, AlS/GF and AlF/GF composite materials. Due to the morphology incompatibility between the graphite flakes and the spherical powder, the damaged inner structure of GF contributes to a limited enhancement of thermal conductivity in AlS/GF composite materials.

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This work was funded by the University of Bordeaux (2015-FD-24).

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  1. UMR 5026, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB), 87 Avenue du Docteur Albert Schweitzer, 33600, Pessac, France

    Nabil Chamroune, Diaa Mereib & Jean-François Silvain

  2. Schneider Electric SAS, 38 EQI, Rue Henry Tarze, 38000, Grenoble, France

    Florence Delange & Nathalie Caillault

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA

    Yongfeng Lu & Jean-François Silvain

  4. LaSIE UMR-CNRS 7356, Pole Science et Technologie, Université de La Rochelle, Av. M. Crépeau, 17042, La Rochelle Cedex, France

    Jean-Luc Grosseau-Poussard

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Chamroune, N., Mereib, D., Delange, F. et al. Effect of flake powder metallurgy on thermal conductivity of graphite flakes reinforced aluminum matrix composites. J Mater Sci 53, 8180–8192 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2139-1

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