Reviews the current state of published knowledge regarding the behavior of aluminium-based MMCs in aggressive environments, profiling potential problems and techniques of addressing them. Presents mechanisms of corrosion characteristics of aluminium and its alloys along with extensive coverage concerning the effect of the presence of a reinforcing phase on corrosion behavior of the resulting composite. Pays particular attention to important reinforcements of silicon carbide, alumina, boron, graphite and mica.
- ISBN10 0471941891
- ISBN13 9780471941897
- Publish Date 14 December 1993
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 140
- Language English