EFFECT OF GRAPHENE NANOPLATES (GNPS) COATED AG ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AL-CU ALLOY

Abstract

This thesis studies the Mechanical and tribological Properties of pure Aluminum nano powder, Aluminum Copper and Aluminum Copper Graphene with various volume fraction of the reinforcement material. The used reinforcement material is Graphene Nanoplates (GNPs) with various content (0.4%, 0.6%, 1.2% and 1.8%) while the copper has 15% percentage of the composite. The electroless deposition technique was investigated by coating the GNPs with Ag then precipitate the Cu on its surface. Many of tests are applied on the obtained samples such as SEM, Xrd, density, stress tests of Hardness and compression to determine the highest reinforcement percentages that can accomplish the most suitable characteristics