TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: In obtaining micro-granules of carbon nanorods, the nanowires are carbon nanofibers. The stabilizing liquid medium of step (a) is water, an alcohol or mixtures. The stabilizing liquid medium of step (a) is an alcohol of 2-6 carbon atoms, where the alcohol is ethanol. The suspension of step (a) has a carbon content nanofilametous less than 70% by weight. The dispersing additive is added prior to milling of step (b) in a percentage by volume of less than 10%. The milling of step (b) is carried out with ceramic or metal ball high purity during times of 0.5-5 hours. The drying step (c) is carried out by evaporating the solvent while maintaining continuous agitation and subsequent introduction in an oven at a temperature above 100 degrees C. The particle size selection of step (d) is carried out below 200 mu m. In obtaining the composite material, the physical treatment of step (a) is a heat treatment, where the heat treatment is performed at temperatures above 350 degrees C and for times exceeding 45 minutes. The heat treatment is performed in an inert atmosphere. The chemical treatment step (a) is to disperse the micro-granules in a solution of an acid and then filtering. The acid is selected from: nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid, where the acid is nitric acid. The chemical treatment step (a) is to disperse the micro-granules in a solution of an alkoxide or metal salt. The alkoxide is selected from: aluminum sec-butoxide, aluminum ethoxide, zirconium propoxide, tetraethyl orthosilicate and yttrium methoxyethoxide. The metal salt is selected from: aluminum chloride, zirconium chloride, zirconium oxychloride, yttrium chloride, molybdenum chloride, tungsten chloride, copper chloride, silver nitrate, calcium nitrate or copper nitrate. The liquid suspension of step (b) is water, an alcohol or mixtures. The ceramic matrix component is an oxide powder, non-oxide powder or mixtures. The oxide powder is alumina or zirconia. The non-oxide powder is silicon carbide or titanium carbide. The carbon nanorods content of step (b) exceeds 0.05% by volume. The grinding step (c) is carried out with ceramic or metal ball high purity. Furthermore, the drying step (d) is carried out by evaporating the solvent while maintaining continuous agitation followed by heating to a temperature above 100 degrees C. The selection of particle size in step (e) is performed below 200 mu m. The sintering is performed at temperatures above 800 degrees C. The sintering is performed by applying a uniaxial stress above 20 MPa, heating to temperatures above 800 degrees C with a heating rate of 5-300 degrees C/minute remaining at this temperature times higher than 0.5 minute.