Aluminum is one of the most promising materials for aeronautics and automobile industry. Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology ‘MISIS’ found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials. Doping aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum, scientists managed to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and standard alloys: flexibility, strength, lightness. The article on the research is published in Materials Letters.
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