REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE Volume 50, No. 1, Pages 13-23
I.Yu. Archakov, V.U. Kazykhanov, V.G. Konakov, O.Yu. Kurapova, A.E. Medvedev, M.Yu. Murashkin, N.N. Novik, I. A. Ovidko, E. N. Solovyeva and R.Z. Valiev
MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NANOSTRUCTURED NICKEL-GRAPHENE COMPOSITES PROCESSED BY HIGH PRESSURE TORSION
REVIEWS ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE Volume 50, No. 1, Pages 13-23
This paper presents data on fabrication of “nickel-graphene-graphite” bulk composites using powder metallurgy methods combined with the high energy ball milling. The composites were then processed by high pressure torsion (HPT) at temperatures of 23 and 200 °C. This treatment gives rise to the formation of new “nanostructured nickel-graphene” composites. The phase composition of the new composite specimens was examined by X-ray diffraction. Raman spectroscopy proved graphite-to-graphene conversion under mechanical treatments. The microstructure of the new composite specimens was investigated by scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy methods. Composite specimens after HPT at temperature of 200 °C demonstrate the optimal combination of strength (σ02= 923 MPa; σb= 992 MPa) and ductility (δ = 99%). Composite specimens with 2 wt.% graphene content after HPT at room temperature exhibits superior microhardness Hv = 6.45 GPa.
