Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c00500dvldtc.gif"> <div> <B>Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03dd2c00dvldtc.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="048adad0.gif" border=0 width="173" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Microstructure of a diamond impregnated bit, showing the diamond, secondary abrasives and the metal refractory particles joined together by a copper based alloy</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction"><U>Introduction</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Experimental Procedure"><U>Experimental Procedure</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Results and Discussion"><U>Results and Discussion</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conclusions and Acknowledgement"><U>Conclusions and Acknowledgement</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Publications produced during this research:</div> <bR> <div> <B>P.G. Caceres</B>, JJ. Moreno and G.R. Weston; “Abrasive Wear Behavior in Tungsten Powder Infiltrated by Copper Based Alloys”, presented in the PM<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT>TEC2000 International Conference in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, held in New York, <B>USA</B>, 30 May to 3 June <B>2000</B>.</div> <div> <B>P.G. Caceres;</B> “Fabricacion de MMCs por Infiltracion Metalica” presented in the First International Conference y Metallurgy and Transformation, held in Lima, Peru, from 28<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> to 30<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> November <B>2001.</B></div> <div> <B>P.G.Caceres;</B> “Infiltration Technique for the Production of MMC Refractory Materials”, invited paper to the Workshop “Frontiers in Materials Science” cosponsored by The Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research in Materials Science (CIMAT-Universidad de Chile) and the  Materials Research Laboratory (University of California in Santa Barbara, held on the 22 to 25<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> May <B>2002</B> in Vina del Mar, Chile<B>.</B></div> <div> <B>P.G. Caceres, </B>“Effect of Microstructure on the Abrasive Wear Properties of Infiltrated Tungsten Alloys”, Materials Characterization, v.49, pp.1-9, <B>2002.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>