Graphene Reinforced Magnesium Composites and Its Properties
Emine Ozlem Dengiz Mevlüt Gürbüz
AbstractMagnesium and its alloys have been widely used in automobile, aerospace, space, electronics and sports industries due to its light weights and relatively high-strength. However, we need higher mechanical properties in applications. It is known that composites of magnesium and its alloys with fibers or particulate increases the properties. Graphene is the one of this material, and it is preferred in these days because of its superior mechanical, electrical and conductive properties. In this study, graphene reinforced magnesium matrix composites were fabricated with powder metallurgy. Density and hardness of these composites were measured. The crystal structure and microstructure of the composites were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). From the results, the density and hardness were increased with graphene addition to magnesium.