Advanced composite materials: a panacea for improved electricity transmission

CO Ujah, DVV Kallon, DO Aikhuele, VS Aigbodion - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The demand for electricity has increased drastically due to population explosion globally.
Unfortunately, supply does not meet the demand. Consequently, the transmission grid …

The brazing of Al2O3 ceramic and other materials

Y Li, C Chen, R Yi, L He - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Springer
Al2O3 ceramic has a series of excellent properties such as small dielectric constant, large
specific volume resistance, and high thermal impact strength. The joining of Al2O3 ceramic …

Influence of Al2O3 reinforcements and Ti-Al intermetallics on corrosion and tribocorrosion behavior of titanium

L Sousa, RDM Antunes, JCS Fernandes… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ti-Al 2 O 3 composites have demonstrated favorable characteristics for use in load-bearing
biomedical implant applications; however, the influence of Al 2 O 3 reinforcement particles …

The effects of sintering temperature on mechanical and electrical properties of Al2O3/Ti composites

S Shi, S Cho, T Goto, T Sekino - Materials Today Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Al 2 O 3-based composites containing 20 vol% Ti were fabricated at various sintering
temperatures and the effects of Al 2 O 3 grain size (R Al2O3) and Ti particle size (R Ti) on …

Al2O3-Ti functionally graded material prepared by spark plasma sintering for orthopaedic applications

M Bahraminasab, S Ghaffari… - Journal of the mechanical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Orthopaedic prostheses still suffer from limited lifetime which imposes revision surgery with
the associated risks involved. This, to some extent, is related to the vulnerability of the …

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of titanium/alumina brazed joints for medical implants

H Bian, X Song, S Hu, Y Lei, Y Jiao, S Duan, J Feng… - Metals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Medical titanium and alumina (Al2O3) bioceramic are widely utilized as biomaterials. A
reliable brazed joint of titanium and alumina was successfully obtained using biocompatible …

Fabrication of alumina-titanium composites by spark plasma sintering and their mechanical properties

T Fujii, K Tohgo, M Iwao, Y Shimamura - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Alumina (Al 2 O 3)-titanium (Ti) composites were fabricated by the spark plasma
sintering (SPS) technique to produce biocompatible materials with superior mechanical …

Tribocorrosion-resistant biofunctionalized Ti-Al2O3 composites

L Sousa, L Basilio, AC Alves, F Toptan - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that titanium matrix composites have potential for load-bearing
biomedical implants due to their improved tribocorrosion behaviour compared to Ti and its …

High strength and hardness BNNSs/Al2O3 composite ceramics prepared by hot-press sintering of in-situ composite BNNSs/Al2O3 powder

Z Yin, G Liang, J Bi - Ceramics International, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In this paper, BNNSs/Al 2 O 3 composite powder was prepared by in-situ reaction
using borate nitridation method and BNNSs/Al 2 O 3 composite ceramics were prepared by …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of boron nitride nanosheets reinforced eutectic-composition Al2O3/YAG/YSZ composites

Z Yin, J Bi, G Liang, L Qiao, Y Yang, J Gao… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
BNNSs were prepared efficiently by magnesium borate nitridation. BNNSs/eutectic-
composition Al 2 O 3/YAG/YSZ ceramics were prepared by hot pressing sintering. The …