Effect of ceramic reinforcement on the microstructural, mechanical and tribological behavior of Al-Cu alloy metal matrix composite

Aluminum metal matrix composites are highly demanding materials at present time because of their excellent thermal, mechanical and electrical properties which makes them promising choice in material selection for many engineering applications. In the present study aluminum-copper alloy matrix compos...

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Published in:	Materials today : proceedings Vol. 21; pp. 1407 - 1411
Main Authors:	Aktar Zahid Sohag, Md, Gupta, Pallav, Kondal, Neha, Kumar, Devendra, Singh, Neera, Jamwal, Anbesh
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 2020
Subjects:	Aluminum matrix composite Density Hardness Optical microscopy Stir casting Wear X-ray diffraction Optical microscopy Aluminum matrix composite Wear X-ray diffraction Stir casting Hardness Density
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Summary:	Aluminum metal matrix composites are highly demanding materials at present time because of their excellent thermal, mechanical and electrical properties which makes them promising choice in material selection for many engineering applications. In the present study aluminum-copper alloy matrix composite reinforced with SiC and TiC is fabricated by stir casting process. In this study amount of copper is fixed as 2 wt% and SiC-TiC content is varied from (2 wt% to 8 wt%) at an interval of 2 wt%. XRD analysis revealed that there is no reaction between matrix and reinforcement phase. Microstructural analysis shows that there is uniform distribution of reinforcement particles. Density and hardness of composites were investigated which shows that increase in reinforcement content increases the hardness while there is decrease in density. Wear study reveals that composites reinforced with SiC and TiC exhibit lower wear rates. It is expected that this composite is beneficial for shipping applications.
ISSN:	2214-7853 2214-7853
DOI:	10.1016/j.matpr.2019.08.179