The reclamation process by salt flux addition has been employed to extract the interfacial reaction products as well as SiCpfrom Al-SiCp composites. It has been observed that this process enables the use of X-ray diffraction (XRD) to identify the interfacial reaction product Al4C3in Al-SiCp composites even in the early stages of reaction. Further, it allows an easy and more accurate quantification of the interfacial reaction in Al-SiCp composites using spectroscopic techniques such as optical emission spectroscopy (OES). © The Minerals, Metals &amp; Materials Society and ASM International 2007.

Ravi K R

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

IIT Jodhpur

R.M. Pillai

B.C. Pai

M. Chakraborty

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Journal	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
ISSN	10735623