scholarly journals A STUDY ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ALUMINUM 7075 METAL MATRIX REINFORCED WITH SILICON CARBIDE PARTICLES USING STIR CASTING METHOD

Author(s):  
Raghavendra M J ◽  
Praveen Kumar K ◽  
Arun R ◽  
Arjun S
Author(s):  
Jasmi Hashim

Dalam praktik biasa teknik tuangan kacau, komposit matriks logam dihasilkan dengan cara meleburkan bahan matriks dalam suatu bekas kemudiannya leburan logam ini dikacau dengan kuat untuk membentuk vorteks dan bahan tetulang partikel dimasukkan melalui bahagian tepi vorteks yang telah terbentuk. Daripada satu sudut pandangan pendekatan ini mempunyai kekurangan, yang timbul daripada kaedah memasukkan partikel dan kaedah pengacuan. Semasa penambahan partikel ini dilakukan akan berlaku pemejalan setempat dalam leburan tersebut yang teraruh oleh partikel, dan ini akan meningkatkan kelikatan buburan tersebut. Kaedah penambahan partikel melalui bahagian atas ini juga akan memasukkan udara ke dalam buburan yang muncul sebagai poket udara di antara partikel tersebut. Kadar penambahan partikel ini juga perlu diperlahankan terutamanya apabila terdapat peningkatan pecahan isipadu partikel yang digunakan. Proses ini akan memakan masa yang lama terutamanya untuk produk yang lebih besar. Kajian ini mencadangkan satu pendekatan baru untuk menghasilkan tuangan MMC. Apabila semua bahan dimasukkan ke dalam mengkok grafit dan dipanaskan dalam atmosfera lengai sehingga aloi matriks menjadi lebur dan kemudiannya diikuti dengan tindakan kacauan dua-langkap sebelum penuangan ke dalam acuan, mempunyai kelebihan daripada segi menggalakkan kebolehbasahan di antara partikel silikon karbida dengan aloi A359 aloi matriks. Kejayaan penambahan partikel silikon karbida ke dalam aloi matriks telah menunjukkan bahawa kebolehbasahan di antara partikel silikon karbida, dan sifat mekanikal seperti kekerasan dan kekuatan tegangan adalah setanding dengan data sebelumnya yang dihasilkan oleh penyelidik lain. Kata kunci: Komposit matriks logam; tuangan kacau; kebolehbasahan; kekerasan; kekuatan; penyebaran partikel In a normal practice of stir casting technique, cast metal matrix composites (MMC) is produced by melting the matrix material in a vessel, then the molten metal is stirred thoroughly to from a vortex and the reinforcement particles are introduced through the side of the vortex formed. From some point of view this approach has disadvantages, mainly arising from the particle addition and the stirring methods. During particle addition there is undoubtedly local solidification of the melt induced by the particles, and this increase the viscosity of the slurry. A top addition method also will introduced air into the slurry which appears as air pockets between the particles. The rate of particle addition also needs to be slowed down especially when the volume fraction of the particles to be used increases. This is time consuming for a bigger product. This study propose a new approach of producing cast MMC. When all substances are placed in a graphite crucible and heated in an inert atmosphere until the matrix alloy is melted and then followed by a two–step stirring action before pouring into a mould has advantages in terms of promoting wettability between the silicon carbide particle and the A359 matrix alloy. The success of the incorporation of silicon carbide particles into the matrix alloy showed that the wettability between silicon carbide particles and mechanical properties such as hardness and tensile strength are comparable with previous data produced by other researchers. Keywords: Metal matrix composite; stir casting; wettability; hardness; tensile strength; particle distribution.


2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 16653-16664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng He ◽  
Shangyu Huang ◽  
Huachang Wang ◽  
Zhichao Huang ◽  
Jianhua Hu ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Malika ◽  
K. Majchrzak ◽  
K.N. Braszczyńska-Malik

Abstract Cast magnesium matrix composites reinforced with silicon carbide particles were investigated by using Raman microscopy. 3C, 4H and 6H polytypes of SiC particles were identified in the investigated composites. Additionally, Mg2Si compound was detected by Raman microscopy in the composites microstructure.


2020 ◽  
Vol 830 ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Song Jeng Huang ◽  
Murugan Subramani ◽  
Addisu Ali ◽  
Dawit Alemayehu ◽  
Jong Ning Aoh ◽  
...  

To evaluate the fatigue behaviors of AZ61 magnesium alloy with different weight percentages (0, 1 and 2) of silicon carbide particles (SiCp) were fabricated through gravity casting method. In addition, stress-controlled low-cycle fatigue test of SiCp reinforced magnesium alloys AZ61 were performed in ambient atmosphere at room temperature using ASTM 606 standard specimens. Fatigue measurement results proved, that the fatigue life of SiCp reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs) decreased with increasing SiCp content. However, the results of the cyclic ductility decreased owing to the presence of significant amount of SiCp, which induces the brittleness of fatigue properties. This is probably occurring because of increasing the SiCp content in the matrix causes highly localized plastic strain. In addition, a high concentration of stress results around the reinforcements particles regions initiate the crack leading to rapid failure of MMCs. Therefore, the SiCp did not act as a stress reliever and it behaves in a brittle manner for the crack propagation through the particles.


2014 ◽  
Vol 984-985 ◽  
pp. 326-330
Author(s):  
T.M. Chenthil Jegan ◽  
D. Ravindran ◽  
M. Dev Anand

Metal Matrix Composites possesses high mechanical properties compared to unreinforced materials. Aluminium Matrix Composites (AMC) is attracted in the emerging world because of its low cost, less weight and enhanced mechanical properties. In the present study the enhancement in mechanical properties like hardness and tensile strength of AMCs by reinforcing AA 6061 matrix with silicon carbide (SiC) and boron carbide (B4C) particles are analyzed. By enhanced stir casting method aluminium matrix was reinforced with boron carbide particulates and silicon carbide particulates with the various weight percentage of 2.5 %,5% and 7.5%.The tensile strength and hardness was found to increase with the increase in wt% of the reinforcement. From the analysis it is observed that the mechanical property of B4C reinforced AMC is significantly good compared to SiC reinforced AMC.


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