Salamanca-Riba L. – TechConnect Briefs

Novel Carbon-Aluminum Materials

Jasiuk I., Nilufar S., Salamanca-Riba L., Isaacs R., Siddiqi S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

We characterized novel metal carbon materials called covetics. More specifically we study warm rolled Al 7075-carbon materials containing up to 5 wt% C. At macroscale we measured mechanical properties: Young’s modulus, ultimate tensile strength (UTS), [...]

Novel Metal-Matrix Composites with Integrally-Bound Nanoscale Carbon

Forrest D.R., Jasiuk I., Brown L., Joyce P., Salamanca-Riba L., Naval Surface Warfare Center, US

Recent advances in nanomanufacturing have made it possible for large amounts (up to 6 wt.%) of nanoscale carbon to be retained as an integral second phase in metals such as aluminum and copper. The carbon [...]

A New Type of Carbon Nanostructure Formed Within a Metal-Matrix

Salamanca-Riba L., Herzing A., Mansour A., Hall A., Forrest D.R., LeMieux M., Shugart J., University of Maryland, US

Recent advances in nanomanufacturing have made it possible for large amounts (up to 6 wt.%) of carbon to be incorporated as nanoscale carbon during a reaction process in molten metals. These materials are called “covetics”. [...]