AN ENGINE OR ENGINE PART AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed herein is an engine (52), in particular a combustion engine or a jet-power unit, or an engine part (54, 56) made from metal, and in particular A1 or Mg, or an alloy comprising one or more thereof. The engine or engine part is made from a compound material of said metal reinforced by nanoparticles, in particular CNT, wherein the reinforced metal has a microstructure comprising metal crystallites at least partly separated by said nanoparticles.