Thermal properties of nanocrystalline Al composites reinforced by AlN nanoparticles

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.Q. Liu ◽  
H.T. Cong ◽  
H.M. Cheng

To explore potential applications of nanocomposites for microelectronic packaging, the thermal properties were investigated on newly developed nanocrystalline Al composites reinforced by AlN nanoparticles. It was found that the thermal conductivity (TC) is reduced with increasing AlN volume fraction (Vp), since connectivity of Al matrix is decreased by introduction of the nanoparticles. Although AlN nanoparticles introduce thermal resistance, they still have significant contribution to the TC of the composite as high-TC inclusion. Particularly, a percolation behavior of AlN nanoparticles is thought to occur with the threshold at 23–30%. Measurements at elevated temperatures (∼500 °C) show almost no distinct degradation of TC relative to room temperature. Moreover, the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is remarkably lowered as Vp increases, e.g., from 26 × 10−6 to 13.9 × 10−6 K−1, by raising Vp to 39%. Therefore, the nanocomposites may be applicable as electronic packaging material, due to the combination of acceptable TC and low CTE.

1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Farnia ◽  
J. V. Beck

Changes in microstructure occur in as-received aluminum alloy (Al-2024-T351) when it is subjected to elevated temperatures (150–260°C). These changes, which are called precipitation hardening, in turn influence the thermal properties, making them time as well as temperature dependent. A computer-assisted transient experimental procedure has been developed to determine the values of thermal conductivity of as-received Al-2024-T351 under the influence of precipitation-hardening. Based on isothermal experimental data and related algebraic modeling of the thermal conductivity, a mathematical model in the form of two differential equations is proposed. Instantaneous values of volume fraction of precipitate and thermal conductivity can be predicted using this model. A method for the simultaneous numerical solution of the partial differential equation of conduction and the proposed differential equations of precipitation are also given. The influence of precipitation—hardening on temperature distribution and on values of thermal conductivity is shown graphically for several cases involving the Al-2024-T351 material.


2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayfun Uygunoğlu ◽  
İlker Bekir Topçu

AbstractIn this study, the effects of aggregate type on the coefficient of thermal expansion of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) produced with normal and lightweight (porous) aggregate (SCLC) were investigated. In experiments, three aggregate types, gravel, volcanic tuff, and diatomite, were used. Different combinations of water/cement ratio and superplasticizer dosage levels were prepared for the SCC and SCLC mixtures. Thermal tests were performed to accurately characterize the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of SCC and SCLC aged 28 days using the dilatometer. The CTEs of SCC and SCLC were defined by measuring the linear change in length of concrete specimens subjected to a range of temperatures from 20°C to 1000°C. The results, in general, showed that SCLC has a lower CTE than that of SCC above 100°C. Moreover, CTE values of SCC and SCLC were decreased with increase in porous structure. The aggregate type has significant influence on the thermal properties of SCC.


2017 ◽  
Vol 727 ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuan Hong Zeng ◽  
Zhong Quan Li ◽  
Song Lin Liang ◽  
Xiao Lv ◽  
Qing Song Ma

Mullite matrix composites with laminated and stitched carbon fiber cloth preform as reinforcement were fabricated via the route of “infiltration-drying-heat treatment” using Al2O3-SiO2 sol as raw materials. Thermal properties from room temperature to 1673K of the composites were investigated. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) increases first and then decreases, and reaches a maximum of 4.83×10-6K-1 at 1273K. As a result of the further sintering of matrix, the CTE is negative at above 1300°C. The specific heat capacity increases to the maximum of 1.547J·g-1·K-1 at 1473K and remains stable at above 1473K, with a minimum of 0.756J·g-1·K-1 at room temperature. The thermal diffusivity decreases from 1.1mm2·s-1 at room temperature to 0.707 mm2·s-1 at 973K as the temperature was elevated, and remains stable at above 973K. On the contrary, the thermal conductivity is improved with increasing temperature on the whole and varies from 1.859W·m-1·K-1 at room temperature to 2.325W·m-1·K-1 at 1473K.


2008 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 111-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludger Weber ◽  
Reza Tavangar

Diamond-based metal matrix composites have been made based on pure Al and eutectic Ag-3Si alloy by gas pressure infiltration into diamond powder beds with the aim to maximize thermal conductivity and to explore the range of coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that can be covered. The resulting composites covered roughly the range between 60 and 75 vol-% of diamond content. For the Al-based composites a maximum thermal conductivity at room temperature of 7.6 W/cmK is found while for the Ag-3Si based composites an unprecedented value of 9.7 W/cmK was achieved. The CTE at room temperature varied as a function of the diamond volume fraction between 3.3 and 7.0 ppm/K and 3.1 and 5.7 ppm/K for the Al-based and the Ag-3Si-based composites, respectively. The CTE was further found to vary quite significantly with temperature for the Al-based composites while the variation with temperature was less pronounced for the Ag-3Si-based composites. The results are compared with prediction by analytical modeling using the differential effective medium scheme for thermal conductivity and the Schapery bounds for the CTE. For the thermal conductivity good agreement is found while for the CTE a transition of the experimental data from Schapery’s upper to Schapery’s lower bound is observed as volume fraction increases. While the thermophysical properties are quite satisfactory, there is a trade-off to be made in these materials between high thermal conductivity and low CTE on the one side and surface quality and machinability on the other.


2007 ◽  
Vol 534-536 ◽  
pp. 1505-1508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Marie Geffroy ◽  
Jean François Silvain

In order to obtain materials for electronic applications that exhibit both excellent thermal conductivity and low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), copper matrix composites have been reinforced by short high modulus graphite fibers. The lack of fiber/matrix interaction prevents any degradation of the carbon reinforcement during the elaboration steps and the normal use of these materials. Elaboration conditions, such as mixing conditions of the short carbon fibers and the copper powder, dimension and shape of the two powders, and finally densification atmosphere, temperature, pressure and time, have been optimized. Main parameters involved in the thermal properties of the Cu/C composite materials have been analyzed and adjusted. CTE is mainly related with the carbon volume fraction; CTE ranging from 9 to 13 10-6/°C can be reproductively obtained with carbon volume fraction ranging from 50% to 20%. Thermal conductivity properties are more complex and are linked mainly with 1) the porosity level inside the material, and 2) the orientation, properties and volume fraction of the carbon fibers. For short carbon fibers, in plane thermal conductivity ranging from 200 to 550 W/mK have been reproductively measured associated with thermal conductivity through-thickness ranging from 150 to 300 W/mK.


MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (25-26) ◽  
pp. 1523-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryosuke Yamagata ◽  
Yotaro Okada ◽  
Hideki Wakabayashi ◽  
Hirotoyo Nakashima ◽  
Masao Takeyama

AbstractEffects of microstructure constituents of α2-Ti3Al/γ-TiAl lamellae, β-Ti grains and γ grains, with various volume fractions on room-temperature ductility of γ-TiAl based alloys have been studied. The ductility of the alloys containing β phase of about 20% in volume increases to more than 1% as the volume fraction of γ phase increases to 80%. However, γ single phase alloys show very limited ductility of less than 0.2%. The present results, thus, confirmed the significant contribution of β phase to enhancement of the room-temperature ductility in multi-component TiAl alloys.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao-yao Tan ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Gang-lan Jiang ◽  
Xin-xin Zhi ◽  
Xiao Xiao ◽  
...  

In the current work, a series of black polyimide (PI) films with excellent thermal and dimensional stability at elevated temperatures were successfully developed. For this purpose, two aromatic diamines including 4,4′-iminodianline (NDA) and 2-(4-aminophenyl)-5- aminobenzimidazole (APBI) were copolymerized with pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) to afford PIs containing imino groups (–NH–) in the molecular structures. The referenced PI film, PI-ref, was simultaneously prepared from PMDA and 4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA). The introduction of imino groups endowed the PI films with excellent blackness and opaqueness with the optical transmittance lower than 2% at the wavelength of 600 nm at a thickness of 25 μm and lightness (L*) below 10 for the CIE (Commission International Eclairage) Lab optical parameters. Meanwhile, the introduction of rigid benzimidazole units apparently improved the thermal and dimensional stability of the PI films. The PI-d film based on PMDA and mixed diamines (NDA:APBI = 70:30, molar ratio) showed a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 445.5 °C and a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of 8.9 × 10−6/K in the temperature range of 50 to 250 °C, respectively. It is obviously superior to those of the PI-a (PMDA-NDA, Tg = 431.6 °C; CTE = 18.8 × 10−6/K) and PI-ref (PMDA-ODA, Tg = 418.8 °C; CTE: 29.5 × 10−6/K) films.


Author(s):  
Israel Felner

We report on magnetic studies of inhomogeneous commercial and synthesized amorphous carbon (a-C) and a-C doped with sulfur (a-CS) powders which exhibit (i) peculiar magnetic behavior and (ii) traces of two superconducting (SC) phase ~ Tc=33 and at 65 K. (i) The temperature dependence of zero-field-cooled (ZFC) curves measured up to room temperature show a well distinguish elusive peaks around 50-80 K, their origin is not yet known. These peaks are totally washed-out in the second ZFC sweeps and in the FC branches as well. As a result, in the vicinity of the peaks, the FC curves lie below the ZFC peaks (FC<ZFC), a phenomenon which is rarely observed. These magnetic anomalies are intrinsic properties of a-C and a-CS materials (ii) SC was observed in three different a-C sources: (a) The commercial a-C powder contains 0.21% of sulfur and it is suggested that two different a-CS phases (at 33 and 65 K) are the origin of the two SC states observed. The compositions of these two phases are not yet unknown. The small SC volume fractions of the 33 K phase can be enhanced by a solid reaction with additional sulfur at 250 ºC. (b) The synthesized a-C powder (obtained from decomposition of sucrose) is not SC. However, when mixed with sulfur and heated at 400 ºC under a protective atmosphere, the a-CS powder obtained also show traces of a SC phase at TC= 42 K. (c)The same occurs in a-C thin films. The as-grown films are not SC but a SC phase at Tc = 34 K emerges after the films were reacted with sulfur at elevated temperatures. It is concluded therefore, that all SC phases observed are due to different unknown a-CS phases. Since the a-C and a-CS powders possess SC and magnetic states, we believe that these powders resemble the high TC curates and Fe-As based systems in which the SC and the magnetic states are closed related to each other.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Zhang ◽  
Xinbo He ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Xuanhui Qu

In this work, TiC coating was successfully deposited on a graphite flake surface via molten salt technique, for the purpose of promoting the interfacial connection between Cu and graphite flake. Vacuum hot pressing was then employed to prepare TiC-coated graphite flake/Cu composite. The results indicate that introducing TiC coating on graphite flake surface can evidently reduce the pores and gaps at the interface, resulting in a significant improvement on the bending strength. When the TiC-coated graphite flake content is 60 vol%, the bending strength is increased by 58% compared with the uncoated one. The coefficient of thermal expansion dropped from 6.0 ppm·K−1 to 4.4 ppm·K−1, with the corresponding thermal conductivity as high as 571 W·m−1·K−1. The outstanding thermal conductivity, apposite coefficient of thermal expansion, as well as superior processability, make TiC-coated graphite flake/Cu composite a satisfactory electronic packaging material with vast prospect utilized in microelectronic industry.


2004 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 1091-1096
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Yamazaki ◽  
A. Ikada ◽  
M. Okazaki

Titanium alloy matrix composites (TMCs) have received considerable interest as structural materials for aeronautical applications, because of their higher specific strength and stiffness. When applying TMCs at elevated temperatures, high temperature isothermal low-cycle fatigue (LCF)failure is one of critical issues to be concerned. A unidirectionally reinforced SCS-6/ SP-700 composite is a tentative target in this work, where the matrix alloy, SP-700 is a new generation high strength Titanium alloy developed by NKK Inc., and the SCS-6 is a beta-SiC fiber developed by Textron Specially Materials, respectively. A merit to employ the SP-700 is that this alloy enables to reduce a fabrication temperature, because of its capability for superplasticity at relatively lower temperatures. The 7-plies composite specimen was produced by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) at 800°C for 0.5 hrs. in vacuum, alternating layers of thin-foils of the SP-700 and the green tapes of the SCS-6 fibers, so that the fibers were uniformly distributed as a hexagonal array in the matrix. The volume fraction of the fibers in the composite is about 28 %. In this work, the following articles in a unidirectionally reinforced SCS-6/SP-700 composite have been studied and evaluated: (i)mechanical properties of the SCS-6/SP-700 composite and the matrix alloy at temperatures ranged between room temperature and 450°C; (ii) LCF lives and the failure modes of the composite and the matrix alloy at room temperature and 450°C; (iii) fiber push-out tests at elevated temperatures ranged between room temperature and 600°C, to represent the fiber/matrix interfacial strength; and (iv) observation and the characterization of the interfacial reaction zone by means of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) and an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). Based on these experimental results, the effects of temperature and the loading frequency on LCF failure of the SCS-6/SP-700 composite were discussed.


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