Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Graphene-Titanium Composites Synthesized by Microwave Sintering

doi:10.1007/s40195-016-0445-7

Abstract

Abstract:

The x wt% graphene-Ti composites (x = 0, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) were obtained using the powder metallurgy method. The X-ray diffraction results demonstrated that the peak intensity of graphene increased monotonically with increasing graphene content. Furthermore, the number of grain boundary and interface between graphene and matrix increased as graphene increased, which led to a sharp rise of thermal resistances. The thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity of composites initially decreased drastically with addition of graphene, but then increased with increasing graphene content from 0.2 to 0.4 wt%. This phenomenon was connected with the graphene content and the characteristics of Ti matrix (pores, grain boundary and interface between graphene and matrix). The variation of the compressive strength of composites was attributed to the interaction effects of the average grain size of the Ti matrix (d_m) and the volume fraction (V_f) and aspect ratio (λ) of graphene.

Key words: Graphene, Metal-matrix composites, Thermal properties, Compressive strength

Wen-Zhi Yang, Wei-Ming Huang, Zhi-Feng Wang, Fu-Jun Shang, Wei Huang, Bao-Yu Zhang. Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Graphene-Titanium Composites Synthesized by Microwave Sintering[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2016, 29(8): 707-713.

Figures/Tables 9

Fig. 1 SEM micrographs of Ti powder a and graphene b

Fig. 2 XRD patterns of graphene (1), pure Ti (2), 0.2 wt% graphene-Ti (3), 0.3 wt% graphene-Ti (4) and 0.4 wt% graphene-Ti (5) composites after microwave sintering

Fig. 3 Metallographic structures of pure Ti a, b, 0.2 wt% graphene-Ti c,d, 0.3 wt% graphene-Ti e, f, and 0.4 wt% graphene-Ti g, h composites sintered at 1623 K for 15 min

Fig. 4 Relative density of graphene-Ti composites with different graphene contents

Fig. 5 Surface element analysis of 0.4 wt% graphene-Ti composites

Fig. 6 SEM micrographs of 0.4 wt% graphene-Ti composites

Fig. 7 Thermal conductivity a and specific heat capacity b of graphene-Ti composites versus the graphene contents

Fig. 8 Compressive strength of graphene-Ti composites with different graphene contents

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