Process for producing an MG-based composite material or an MG alloy-based composite material

摘要

This invention provides a process which permits impurity-free sound Mg-based composite materials and Mg alloy-based composite materials to be efficiently and inexpensively produced without pressurizing a melt of matrix metal and without using a metal oxide, finely divided metal or metal fluoride. Specifically, it provides a process for producing an Mg-based composite material or an Mg alloy-based composite material which comprises replacing the gas within a mass of reinforcing material (9) by a non-protective gas, and bringing at least a part of the mass of reinforcing material (9) into contact with a melt (7) of Mg or Mg alloy so as to infiltrate the melt (7) into the mass of reinforcing material (9).