The invention discloses an aluminum
alloy nano-particle reinforced
composite material and a preparation method thereof.The aluminum
alloy nano-particle reinforced
composite material comprises
rare earth aluminum
alloy and reinforced phase nano-particles, the nano-particles account for 0.2%-30% of the total
mass, the reinforced nano-particles and aluminum alloy matrix
powder are mixed, deionized water is adopted to avoid agglomeration of the reinforced particles, and the
rare earth aluminum alloy matrix
powder is prepared; by means of the method, the
interface bonding degree and wettability of a reinforcing body and a base body can be higher, the
powder fluidity is better, and the performance of the powder used for additive manufacturing of formed parts is guaranteed, the modification effect of
rare earth elements added into the base body aluminum alloy is combined with the reinforcing effect of nano particles, and the performance of the formed parts is improved. The aluminum alloy nano-particle reinforced
composite material can effectively improve the phenomenon that the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu series aluminum alloy is prone to hot
cracking in the additive manufacturing process, meanwhile, grains can be refined, the strength of the aluminum alloy formed through additive manufacturing is further improved, the density of the aluminum alloy nano-particle reinforced composite material reaches up to 99.7%, and the
volume fraction of a reinforced phase can reach 5.0% or above.