Friction and Wear Properties of Copper Matrix Composites with CNTs/Cu Composite Foams as Reinforcing Skeletons

Copper matrix composites with carbon nanotubes/Cu composite foams as the reinforcing skeletons (CNTs/Cuf®Cu) were prepared by electrodeposition and spark plasma sintering. The microstructure and tribological properties of the composites were studied. The CNTs reinforcements with the content up to 0.283 vol% remained uniformly distributed in the skeleton zone and led to quite different structure and properties as compared to the pure copper zone....