Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Economic and Technological Development from the Use of Metal Matrix Composites

Globally, there has been a noticeable wave to gradually shift to green materials for the purpose of sustainable and climate-friendly development. The emergence of metal matrix composites contributed in a small way to this revolution. In this technical manuscript, the potential for metal matrix composites (MMCs) to aid in achieving sustainable and eco-friendly development goals is presented and briefly highlighted. The family of metal matrix composites is gaining increased attention among the scientific research community and industrial community for selection and use in applications due in essence to their advantages of being eco-friendly and sustainable coupled with an acceptable combination of physical properties and mechanical properties. The sustainable development goals can be made possible by applying the technology specific to metal matrix composites to both recyclable materials and materials having lightweight. This would result in replacing the existing material with metal matrix composite having fewer energy inputs for manufacturing while concurrently offering better characteristics. A short overview of the interest of the end-user in climate-friendly materials and related technologies is presented.