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The advantages of whisker reinforced magnesium are stiffnes, improved hardness, good wear resistance, reduction in thermal expansion and high strength: weight ratio. The disadvantages are expense of whiskers, high production costs of composites as well as health problems due to the carcogenic effects of fine whiskers. In this paper the preparation of whisker strengthened magnesium is demonstrated on the system magnesium-SiC or potassium-titanate whiskers. The properties of such composites eg modulus, strength, wear resistance, hardness and thermal expansion are discussed and compared with commercial Mg-SiC-F9-whisker composites (ARCO).
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Kainer, K.U., Schroder, J., Mordike, B.L. (1989). Powder Metallurgical Production of Whisker Reinforced Magnesium. In: Bunsell, A.R., Lamicq, P., Massiah, A. (eds) Developments in the Science and Technology of Composite Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1123-9_23
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