Abstract from XIV AIMAT National Congress - XI National Conference on Materials Science and Tecnology - July 12-15,2017 Ischia (NA) - "Ultralight magnesium alloy filled with micro and nano carbon structure"

Magnesium is the lightest structural metal with a very low density (1.74 g/cm3) and low melting temperature (650°C). In recent years, it has been increasingly used in different industrial sector: automotive, aeronautic and nautical industries. However, is interesting to improve its technological properties. In this work, micro and nano fillers were added to magnesium alloy with a centrifugal casting process directly in the metal. In particular, carbon microfibers (CMFs) and carbon nanoplates (CNPs) were chosen as reinforcement. In this work it was studied the influence of the dispersion of different carbon fillers by measuring the mechanical properties of magnesium micro and nano composites