Original Article
  • Fabrication of Aluminum Nitride Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites via Plasma Arc Melting under Nitrogen Atmosphere

  • Sujin Jeong*, Je In Lee*† , Eun Soo Park**

  • * Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
    ** Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials & Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

  • 플라즈마 아크 용해 공정으로 자발합성된 질화알루미늄 강화 알루미늄기지 복합재료의 개발

  • 정수진* · 이제인*† · 박은수**

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Correspondence to

  • Je In Lee

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: jilee@pusan.ac.kr