The invention relates to the technical field of aluminum-based composite materials, and discloses a preparation method of an in-situ A13Ti / Al
composite material. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out high-energy ball milling on MAX-phase
ceramic particles (Ti2AlC or Ti3AlC2) and aluminum
powder to obtain first
raw material powder; performing high-energy ball milling on the first
raw material powder and aluminum powder to obtain second
raw material powder; and the second raw material powder is subjected to cold press molding,
powder metallurgy sintering and plastic deformation
machining, and the in-situ A13Ti / Al
composite material is obtained. According to the method, large-scale
engineering preparation can be realized, and the problems that particles are easy to
agglomerate and the addition amount is limited when the nanophase is used as a raw material are solved. Meanwhile, the MAX phase can be greatly refined through high-energy ball milling, high-energy defects and
diffusion channels are introduced, interface reaction is promoted, the average particle size of A13Ti in the A13Ti / Al
composite material is 0.05-0.8 mu m, the content of the A13Ti is 10-40 vol.%, the content of the unreacted MAX phase is smaller than 2 wt.%, and therefore the A13Ti / Al composite material with high modulus, high strength and
high heat resistance is obtained.