The invention relates to the technical field of
metal materials, in particular to a
ceramic reinforced aluminum
alloy composite material and a preparation method thereof. The aluminum
alloy composite material comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 75-85 parts of an aluminum
alloy matrix and 10-20 parts of a
ceramic reinforced phase, a preparation method of the
ceramic reinforced phase comprises the following steps: step 1, adding
silicon carbide and a
silane coupling agent into absolute ethyl
alcohol, and
drying after
ultrasonic dispersion; 2, dissolving tetraethoxysilane in an
ethanol-water mixed
solvent, adjusting the pH value to 3-4, adding the
silicon carbide treated in the step 1, stirring to form
sol,
drying, converting into gel, and calcining to form a
coating layer; step 3, dispersing the
silicon carbide treated in the step 2 into water, adding
nickel nitrate, uniformly stirring, adding a
reducing agent, stirring for reaction, and collecting precipitate particles; and 4, adding an interface modifier, and uniformly mixing. The ceramic reinforced aluminum
alloy composite material has high strength,
high wear resistance and good
mechanical property and
thermal stability.