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Advances in nanocarbon metals : process / by P. Chris Pistorius and Pengcheng Yan.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Pistorius, P. Chris, author.
- Yan, Pengcheng, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanocomposites (Materials)--Mechanical properties.
- Nanocomposites (Materials).
- Nanocomposites (Materials)--Thermal properties.
- Carbon composites--Mechanical properties.
- Carbon composites.
- Carbon composites--Thermal properties.
- Copper--Metallurgy.
- Copper.
- Genre:
- Text
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 18 pages) : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD : US Army Research Laboratory, March 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The addition of nanoscale carbon (C) to a variety of metals was developed by Third Millennium Metals and this class of materials has been called covetics. These materials have several unusual mechanical and physical properties, with potential benefits in improved energy efficiency and material performance over a broad range of applications. During this project, a laboratory scale covetic production system was designed and built. This system addressed the 3 distinct reaction steps: 1) C dissolves in copper (Cu), where the temperature is locally higher, 2) supersaturated C precipitates out on the surface of the liquid Cu as graphene sheets, where the temperature is lower, and 3) stirring disperses the graphene sheets into the Cu. The precipitation of C was demonstrated and shown by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy using an arc melter instead of a high temperature microscope. The main outcome was that the maximum feasible C content in covetics is the C solubility in the metal at the temperature of the arc hot spot; this maximum is approximately 200 parts per million by mass.
- The original document contains color images.
- Notes:
- "Mar 2015."
- "ARL-CR-0763."
- "Performing Organization: Carnegie Mellon University."
- Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
- Text/html
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (ARL, viewed January 2, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 913596857
- Access Restriction:
- Open access content Open access content
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