Re: [ATM] re Aluminium casting

[Hasan Murtaza <syed_hasan_murtaza@rogers.com>]

Ellen Mackenzie wrote:

>I have had a lot of success using a product from Ash Temple ( dental
>supplies) it is or was called Qualcast. I have used it for simple moulds and
>investment castings ( lost wax process ). I found that an iron container
>  
>
Speaking of which, does anybody have any knowledge of metal matrix 
composites?  Would it be simple to mix in some sort of fibres or 
whiskers of aluminum crystals into aluminum alloy, to make a stiffer 
substance? 

I wasn't able to attend Stellafane this weekend, so I don't know what 
the state of the art is in ATM.


Hasan
Toronto, Canada
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