Composition and Microstructure of the Al-Multilayer Graphene Composites Achieved by the Intensive Deformation |
| T. Czeppea, E. Korznikova b, P. Ozga a, M. Wrobel c, L. Litynska-Dobrzynska a, G.F. Korznikova b, A.W. Korznikov b, P. Czaja a and R. Socha d
aInstitute of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland b Institute for Metals Superplasticity Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia cAGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland dInstitute of Catalysis and Surfaces Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland |
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| The paper presents results of the studies concerning aluminum-graphene composites produced with use of step technique; First mechanical alloying of Al and graphene powders and later intensive deformation by the high pressure torsion. As a result small, thin and round samples of composites, about 10 mm in diameter were achieved. For comparison similar samples not containing graphene were investigated. The X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were applied to study composites structures and analyze graphene content and atomic bonds. The Raman spectroscopy method suggested multilayer graphene, which could also be identified as the defected nano-graphite as a component of the composite structure as well as some small content of the aluminum carbides. The highly dispersed microstructures of aluminum matrices were identified with the transmission electron microscopy, showing difference between the samples produced with the increased number of rotations, leading to the increased deformation realized. This method revealed carbon and aluminum oxides in large amounts which is interpreted as a surface effect. This method suggested also formation of the carbon-metal and carbon-metal- oxygen atomic bonds, which might partially result from formation of the carbides. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.126.921 PACS numbers: 81.05.Ni, 81.05.uj, 81.05.ue, 81.05.uf |