%0 Journal Article
%T A Novel Fabrication Method for Functionally Graded Materials under Centrifugal Force: The Centrifugal Mixed-Powder Method
%A Yoshimi Watanabe
%A Yoshifumi Inaguma
%A Hisashi Sato
%A Eri Miura-Fujiwara
%J Materials
%D 2009
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ma2042510
%X One of the fabrication methods for functionally graded materials (FGMs) is a centrifugal solid-particle method, which is an application of the centrifugal casting technique. However, it is the difficult to fabricate FGMs containing nano-particles by the centrifugal solid-particle method. Recently, we proposed a novel fabrication method, which we have named the centrifugal mixed-powder method, by which we can obtain FGMs containing nano-particles. Using this processing method, Cu-based FGMs containing SiC particles and Al-based FGMs containing TiO2 nano-particles on their surfaces have been fabricated. In this article, the microstructure and mechanical property of Cu/SiC and Al/TiO2 FGMs, fabricated by the centrifugal mixed-powder method are reviewed.
%K Functionally Graded Material (FGM)
%K centrifugal mixed-powder method
%K nano-particle
%K grindstone
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/2/4/2510