ANSI H35.

5-2003
Reaffirmation of H35.5-2000
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American National Standard

Nomenclature System for
Aluminum Metal Matrix
Composite Materials
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The Aluminum Association
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Reaffirmation of H35.5-2000

American National Standard

Nomenclature System for Aluminum
Metal Matrix Composite Materiais

Secretariat

The Aluminum Association, Inc.

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Washington, DC 20006
Approved March 10,2003

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 AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE H35
ON
ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOYS

OFFICERS

L. Bender, Chairman
P. Pollak, Secreiary

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

DAVIDJOHNSON,
Aerospace Industries Association of America, Washington, D.C.

THE ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION

L. BENDER,
Spectrulite Consortium, Inc., Madison, IL

ALUMINUM EXTRUDERS COUNCIL

JOHNMURPHY,
Mideast Aluminum Industries, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania

AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S SOCIETY

STEVEROBISON,
American Foundvmen 's Socieo, Des Plaines, Illinois

METAL SERVICE CENTER INSTITUTE

JULIE S . THANE, Metal Service Center Institute, Chicago, Illinois

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

VINCE BACLAWSKI,
National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Rosslyn, Virginia

SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS INCORPORATED

KERRYTIELSCH,Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., Warrendale, Pennsylvania

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

L. R. GULLEY,US.Air Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

S . D. RIDDER,National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, D.C.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey
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Foreword
This Standard is a reaffirmation of ANSI Standard H35.5-2000 Nomenclature System For Aluminum Metal Matrix
Composite Materials. It was originally developed by The Aluminum Association and submitted to American National
Standards Committee H35 on Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys for recognition as an American National Standard under
the Accredited Standards Committee Method.
This Standard was developed to provide users, producers and other interested parties with a means of briefly
describing aluminum matrix composites utilizing the already existing Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for
Aluminum, American National Standard H35.1.

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 ANSI H35.5-2003
Nomenclature System for Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite Materials (ANSI H35.5-2003)
I. Scope
This describes a nomenclature system for designating
Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites, including indentifi-
cation of:
1. The matrix composition, and
2. The type, volume percent and composition of the
reinforcement material.
II. Definitions
A. Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite
1. It must be a manufactured combination of at least
two chemically distinct materials, one of which
must be an aluminum or an aluminum alloy, with
a distinct interface separating the constituents.
2. For the purpose of this designation system, the
characteristic dimension of the reinforcing phase
must exceed 0.1 ,um and the reinforcing phase
must be at least 2 volume percent of the
composite.
3. Laminates, clad metals or honeycomb sandwiches
are not considered Aluminum Metal Matrix
Composites for the purpose of this definition.
B. Aluminum Matrix
The composition of the aluminum or aluminum alloy
matrix component shall be registered with The
Aluminum Association in accordance with ANSI
H35.1.
C. m e s of Reinforcement
Type f: These composites are reinforced with
continuous fibers, filaments or monofilaments.
Type p: These composites are reinforced with
particles.
Type w: These composites are reinforced with
whiskers with lld ratios between 4 and 200.
Type c: These composites are reinforced with cut
or chopped fibers, filaments or monofilaments.
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111. Nomenclature System
The designation system will consist of four parts: O
A. The matrix alloy designation will employ The
Aluminum Association designation for the alloy (up
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to 6 characters) and will be separated from the re-
mainder of the composite designation with a slash (/).
B. The composition of the reinforcement will be given
by the appropriate chemical designation without the
use of subscripts and will be separated from the
remainder of the composite designation by a second
slash (0.Common examples are C for graphite, Sic
for silicon carbide and A1203 for Alzo3.
C. The volumepercent of the reinforcement will have
two characters. If it is less than 1O, the first character
will be a zero.
D. The Qpe of reinforcement will be allowed one
character which will be lower case. The character to
be used for each type of reinforcement is defined in
Section 1I.C.
Examples are:
6063/A1203/15p where 6063 is the matrix alloy, Alzo,
is the reinforcement material, 15 is
the volume percent Alzo3and p is
particle reinforcement.
70751c105c where 7075 is the matrix alloy,
graphite is the reinforcement, 5 is the
volume percent graphite and c is a
chopped filament.
A356.OISiCl2Qw where A356.0 is the matrix alloy,
silicon carbide is the reinforcement
material, 20 is the volume percent
Sic, and w is whisker reinforcement.
@Generic temper designation in accordance with ANSI H35.1 can be
added to the end of the MMC designation.The letter 'P' is added to the end
of generic temper designationwhen applied to MMC designations as called
for in ANSI H35.1, A4.1.4. The first example above, if solution heat treated
and artificially aged to substantially full strength could be written:
6063/A1203/15PT6P.
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