Research Article

Fabrication and Characterization of In Situ Synthesized SiC/Al Composites by Combustion Synthesis and Hot Press Consolidation Method

Table 1

Characteristics of the raw materials used in experiment.

Raw materialsPurity (wt.%)Particle size MorphologyProduction units

Al≥99.7<48 μm meshSpherical particlesShanghai ST-Nano Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
Si≥99.9<48 μm meshIrregularly shaped particles
C-black≥99.9100 ± 20 nmSpherical particles