TY - JOUR N2 - Light weight, low density with high mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, aluminum is the most important material and is commonly used for high performance applications such as aerospace, military and especially automotive industries. The researchers who participate in these industries are working hard to further decrease the weight of end products according to legal boundaries of greenhouse gases. A lot of research was undertaken to produce thin sectioned aluminum parts with improved mechanical properties. Several alloying element addition were investigated. Yet, nowadays aluminum has not met these expectations. Thus, composite materials, particularly metal matrix composites, have taken aluminum’s place due to the enhancement of mechanical properties of aluminum alloys by reinforcements. This paper deals with the overview of the reinforcements such as SiC, Al2O3 and graphene. Graphene has recently attracted many researcher due to its superior elastic modulus, high fatigue strength and low density. It is foreseen and predicted that graphene will replace and outperform carbon nanotubes (CNT) in near future. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/106770/PDF/AFE%202_2018_01.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/106770 PY - 2018 IS - No 2 DO - 10.24425/122493 KW - SiC KW - Al2O3 KW - graphene KW - aluminum metal matrix composites KW - metal matrix composites A1 - Aybarc, U. A1 - Dispinar, D. A1 - Seydibeyoglu, M.O. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol.18 DA - 2018 T1 - Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites with SiC, Al2O3 and Graphene – Review UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/106770 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -