Publications de Gionata Schneider

Surface energy contributions to the work of infiltration in metal matrix composite processing

The work needed to mechanically drive molten metal into a porous solid preform when producing a composite material by infiltration can significantly exceed the energy change required for thermodynamically reversible infiltration. We measure, by quantitativ ...

2021

Kinetic processes in the high-temperature pressure-infiltration of Al into Al2O3

Andreas Mortensen, Ludger Weber, Marta Fornabaio, Gionata Schneider

We explore the influence (i) of the interaction between aluminium and alumina, and (ii) of sodium impurities present in Bayer alumina, on the pressure infiltration of alumina particle preforms with molten aluminium. At 1000°C or above, although the alumini ...

2020

Role of the electron-phonon coupling on the thermal boundary conductance of metal/diamond interfaces with nanometric interlayers

Ludger Weber, Maïté Blank, Gionata Schneider

Thermal boundary conductance (TBC) of the Ag/diamond and Au/diamond interfaces with a nanometer-thick interface layer of either nickel or molybdenum is measured by time domain thermoreflectance and modeled based on a 3-layer two-temperature model (3l-TTM). ...

2019

Dynamic wetting in pressure-infiltration of ceramic particle preforms by molten metal

Gionata Schneider

This thesis investigates the interaction between mechanically induced flow of a liquid metal into a porous solid, and kinetic effects at the triple line. The approach is experimental and focuses on metal-ceramic systems for which the literature gives value ...

EPFL2019