Aluminum Tornado for Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)

What are Metal Matrix Composites and how are they made? Here we experimentally show some of the ways how to process aluminum. We melt aluminum by induction heating, stir it with rotating permanent magnets, and then cast it in mold.

Article by our research group: "Nanoparticle dispersion in liquid metals by electromagnetically induced acoustic cavitation"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Source for MMC manufacturing methods:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/do...

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Thank you to colleagues in the Institute of Physics, especially,
Fact-checking by Mikus Milgrāvis
Experimental work by Mikus Milgrāvis and Dr. Imants Kaldre
Artwork designer: Antra Gaile

Video is made by: Dr. Reinis Baranovskis
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Video production was supported by European Regional Development Fund project "Electromagnetic processing during solidification of nano-particle strengthened light alloys for additive manufacturing” under Grant No. 1.1.1.1/19/A/080
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Intro to MMCs 0:00
Manufacturing methods 1:02
Aluminum experiments 1:20
Mechanical ultrasound 2:07
Aluminum tornado 2:56
Semi-liquid aluminum 3:30
Casting samples 4:15
Stress testing 5:06
Outro 5:17