1. Fabricating graphene-titanium composites by laser sintering PVA bonding graphene titanium coating: Microstructure and mechanical properties
- Author
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Zhang Min, Qiong Nian, Ma Zhenwu, Guo Huafeng, Xiaonan Wang, Xu Jiale, Changjun Chen, Zengrong Hu, and Feng Chen
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Materials science ,Scanning electron microscope ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,law.invention ,symbols.namesake ,law ,Composite material ,Nanocomposite ,Graphene ,Mechanical Engineering ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Microstructure ,0104 chemical sciences ,Selective laser sintering ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,Vickers hardness test ,Ceramics and Composites ,symbols ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman spectroscopy ,Titanium - Abstract
Graphene reinforced titanium (Ti-Gr) nanocomposite was prepared by laser sintering of the mixture of PVA bonding graphene sheets and titanium powders. During laser sintering process, the survival and uniform dispersion of graphene have been demonstrated, which embedded in Ti matrix, and formed Ti-Gr nanocomposites. Microstructures and components of the nanocomposites were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and Raman spectroscopy. The survival of graphene sheets in nanocomposite is due to rapid heating/cooling in laser sintering process. Hardness measurements showed that the laser sintered Ti-Gr nanocomposites achieved more than 2-fold Vickers Hardness value of barely sintered Ti.
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- 2018