Method for preparing ceramic particle reinforced foamed aluminum-matrix composite material

The invention relates to a method for preparing a ceramic particle reinforced foamed aluminum-matrix composite material, which relates to a method for preparing a foamed aluminum-matrix composite material. The method solves the problems of high production cost and nonuniform pore distribution of the obtained foamed aluminum-matrix composite material due to a foaming agent TiH2 adopted in a conventional melt-foaming method which is expensive, needs pretreatment and has a difficultly controlled decomposition rate. The method comprises the following steps of: mixing aluminum alloy powder, ceramic particles and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) powder and placing a mixture into a graphite mould; placing the graphite mould into a vacuum hotpressing sintering furnace to prepare a prefabricated body; and performing forward extrusion, heating and foaming on the prefabricated body to obtain the ceramic particle reinforced foamed aluminum-matrix composite material. By using a powder metallurgic method and taking the CaCO3 powder as a foaming agent, the method has the advantages of low price, no pretreatment, simple process, stable decomposition rate, convenience for industrial production and uniform pore distribution of the obtained composite material which has a pore diameter of 0.5 to 2 mm, a porosity of 40 to 82 percent and a compressive yield strength of 36 to 70 MPa.