Composite materials are materials made from two or more materials with singular different physical or chemical properties, that when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components. The individual components remain separate and different within the finished structure. The new material is preferred for many reasons: It could be such as stronger, lighter or less expensive when compared to traditional materials. Of course a minimum of each element must be in the composites to get the desirable properties.
The earliest man-made composite materials were straw and mud combined to form bricks for building construction. Today there is lots of Application for this material such as cements, concrete Reinforced plastics such as fibre-reinforced polymer and etc. Typical composite materials
Regarding the properties of composites material, there are three groups of material:
- Metallic Materials composites (MMC)
- Ceramic materials composites (CMC)
- Non-metallic or Polymer materials composites (PMC)
The possibility of combining various material systems (metal – ceramic – non-metal) gives the opportunity for unlimited variation. The properties of these new materials are basically determined by the properties of their single components. Figure 1 shows the allocation of the composite materials into groups of various types of materials.
