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The wetting of solids by molten metals and its relation to the preparation of metal-matrix composites composites

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This review aims at making a bridge between the fundamentals of the wetting of solids by liquid metals and the practice of the preparation of metal-matrix composites. One recalls first the significance of concepts such as surface tension, work of adhesion, adsorption and the relation between these concepts, the phenomenon of wetting and the process of liquid metal infiltration. Thereafter, the wetting of various types of solids is considered: metals, oxides, carbon and carbides. !n the !light of this body of science, one proposes finally a critical evaluation of the literature concerning the preparation of metal-matrix composites by liquid metal infiltration techniques. Particular emphasis is devoted to reinforcements made of graphite, alumina or silicon carbide multifilament fibres; the use of coatings and the addition of alloying elements to the metal are successively discussed.

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Delannay, F., Froyen, L. & Deruyttere, A. The wetting of solids by molten metals and its relation to the preparation of metal-matrix composites composites. J Mater Sci 22, 1–16 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01160545

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