The development of new composites with improved functional properties is the important task of modern materials science. The composites must be structurally organized to provide improved properties. For metal-ceramic composites, there is a need for a uniform distribution of the dispersed ceramic phase in the bulk metallic matrix The modification of the dispersed ceramic phase surface with a metal coating is one of the more effective ways to accomplish this. Particularly, in this work, the conditions of Ni nanolayer deposition on titanium carbide (TiC) particles were studied. The goal was to create core-shell particles with a thickness of the Ni coating on TiC not exceeding 90 nm. Preliminary work was also carried out to study the effect of the dispersed phase composition on the mechanical properties of the composite with an Al matrix.
Keywords: aluminum matrix composites; electroless deposition; nanoparticles; nickel nanostructures; titanium carbide.