Composite materials has profound place in engineering and high-tech applications. They have very important place in engineering material world. In general, composite materials consist two of phases or components inside them. One of these phases is ‘matrix’ that gives the general shape and bulk of composite material. Matrix materials in composites can be metals, ceramics or polymers. The other component in composite materials called as ‘secondary phase’ or ‘reinforcement phase’ that is added to matrix to give reinforcement. With this reinforcement, composite materials has their superior properties.
Composite materials are classified according to their matrix compound. But their reinforcing phase can be metals, polymers or ceramics again. Bur composites are defined according to their matrix compound;
Imbedded or reinforcement phase can be hiden inside the matrix phase in composite materials. But they have very important duty. The matrix phase generally transmits the external loading on that reinforcement phase. So composite materials can withstand types of loadings that matrix can not withstand by itself.
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