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Aluminum composites for automotive applications: A global perspective

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The advancement of metal-matrix composites in the automotive market is still hampered by the low-volume usage of these materials, which is caused by their high cost in comparison with aluminum alloys and, in some cases, by the lack of theoretically predicted properties. Many significant challenges must be met as these materials reach maturity and the technology is scaled-up for automotive-component fabrication. The successful commercialization of metal-matrix composites will ultimately depend on their cost effectiveness for different applications. This requires optimum methods of processing, machining, and recycling, including some very new and advanced forming routes.

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    Varuzan M. Kevorkijan (general manager)

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For more information, contact V.M. Kevorkijan, Stampal SB d.o.o., Partizanska 38, Slovenska Bistrica 2310, Slovenia; telephone 386 62 632 567; fax 386 62 636 660; e-mail kevorkijan.varuzan@amis.net.

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Kevorkijan, V.M. Aluminum composites for automotive applications: A global perspective. JOM 51, 54–58 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-999-0224-2

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