Basalt Short Fibers Dispersion and Fabric Impregnation with Magnesium Alloy (AZ63): First Results.

Magnesium is one of the lightest structural metals used in different industrial sectors and many works in the literature have studied its reinforcement by filler addition. Basalt fibers are natural fillers that have good mechanical properties, excellent resistance to high temperatures, and lower cost than carbon fibers. Considering this, in recent years, they have been increasingly used in the production of composite materials with polymeric matrices.

Lightweight metallic matrix composites: Development of new composites material reinforced with carbon structures.

Carbon nano/micro-structures used as fillers in metallic lightweight alloy matrix composites are receiving considerable attention in scientific research and industrial applications. Aluminum and magnesium are the most studied light metals used as matrices in metal composites materials, principally for their low density (respectively 2.7 g/cm and 1.