Research Article

Tensile Mechanical Properties and Strengthening Mechanism of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube and Silicon Carbide Nanoparticle-Reinforced Magnesium Alloy Composites

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Optical micrographs of (a) AZ91 Mg alloy matrix and (b) AZ91/(0.7% CNT + 0.3% SiC) composites. Here, AZ91/(0.7% CNT + 0.3% SiC) refers to the hybrid CNT/SiC nanoparticle mass ratio of 7 : 3 and the hybrid content of 1.0 mass% in this composite, and so on.
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