A material composed of two or more phases is called composite material, which has different chemical and physical properties (such as materials associated with metal and plastic). Furthermore, they represent a “class of materials composed of a continuous phase (matrix) and a dispersed phase (reinforcement or modifier), continuous or not, whose properties are obtained from the combination of the properties of the individual constituents.
Starting from the example of a composite made up of two different materials, both maintain their properties individually, but, when mixed, present a very different behavior from that presented by both when not mixed. Simple examples of composites are obtained by making combinations between metals, polymers and ceramics (metal + polymer, metal + ceramic and polymer + ceramic).
Composite material is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components.
