Study on Mechanical Properties of AA6351 Alloy Reinforced with Titanium Di-Boride (TiB2) Composite by In Situ Casting Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 583-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Mohanavel ◽  
K. Rajan ◽  
K.R. Senthil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Aluminum Matrix ◽  
Aluminum Matrix Composites ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
In Situ Reaction ◽  
Halide Salts ◽  
Scanning Electron

In the present study, an aluminum alloy AA6351 was reinforced with different percentages (1, 3 and 5 wt %) of TiB2 particles and they were successfully fabricated by in situ reaction of halide salts, potassium hexafluoro-titanate and potassium tetrafluoro-borate, with aluminium melt. Tensile strength, yield strength and hardness of the composite were investigated. In situ reaction between the inorganic salts K2TiF6 and KBF4 to molten aluminum leads to the formation of TiB2 particles. The prepared aluminum matrix composites were characterized using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. Scanning electron micrographs revealed a uniform dispersal of TiB2 particles in the aluminum matrix. The results obtained indicate that the hardness and tensile strength were increased with an increase in weight percentages of TiB2 contents.

Influence of B4C on enhancing mechanical properties of AA2014 aluminum matrix composites

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110585
Author(s):  
Memduh Kara ◽  
Tolga Coskun ◽  
Alper Gunoz
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Aluminum Matrix ◽  
Good Method ◽  
Aluminum Matrix Composites ◽  
Phase Identification ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray

Aluminum is a material with advantageous properties such as lightness, good conductivity, high plastic deformation ability, and superior corrosion resistance. However, aluminum and many aluminum alloys have disadvantages in terms of mechanical properties such as hardness, tensile strength, and wear resistance. To overcome this disadvantage of aluminum, it is a good method to add ceramic particles to the matrix. For this purpose, in this study, B4C (boron carbide)-reinforced AA2014 aluminum matrix composites were fabricated at 3%, 5%, and 7% reinforcement ratios using the stir casting method. Tensile tests, wear tests, cutting force measurements, and microhardness measurements were performed to determine the fabricated composite materials’ mechanical properties. Scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy were used to analyze the microstructure of composite. X-ray diffraction analysis was utilized to study the phase identification. As a result of the study, it was observed that with the increase in the B4C reinforcement ratio, the mechanical properties of the aluminum matrix composite material, such as wear resistance, cutting strength, and hardness, increased. On the other hand, the change in tensile strength did not occur in this way. Tensile strength first increased and then decreased. The highest value of tensile strength was achieved at 5% B4C reinforcement. X-ray diffraction results showed that AA2014 and B4C were the fundamental elements in composites and are free from intermetallics.

Reactive hot pressing of aluminum matrix composites

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 4246-4250
Author(s):  
H. J. Brinkman ◽  
J. Duszczyk ◽  
L. Katgerman
Keyword(s):  
Hot Pressing ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Aluminum Matrix ◽  
Aluminum Matrix Composites ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Processing Step ◽  
Exothermic Process ◽  
Composite Product ◽  
Reactive Hot Pressing

A method is described for the production of dense aluminum matrix composites from elemental powders in one processing step by reactive hot pressing (RHP). It encompasses both the exothermic conversion of reactants to composite product and the following hot compaction of the porous composite product. The RHP method described in this paper takes into account the gas evolution accompanying the exothermic process, ensures complete conversion of reactants, and avoids adverse reactions between aluminum matrix and graphite tooling material. In situ sample temperature measurements enable proper process control, in particular the timing of the full densification step of the hot reaction product.

Laser-ultrasonic study of the local porosity of reactive cast aluminum-matrix composites

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
N. B. Podymova ◽  
I. E. Kalashnikov ◽  
L. I. Kobeleva
Keyword(s):  
Metal Matrix Composites ◽  
Metal Matrix ◽  
Aluminum Matrix ◽  
Amplitude Distribution ◽  
Aluminum Matrix Composites ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Cast Aluminum ◽  
Laser Ultrasonic ◽  
Local Porosity

One of the most critical manufacturing defects of cast metal-matrix composites is a non-uniform porosity distribution over the composite volume. Unevenness of the distribution leads not only to local softening, but also plays a key role in the evolution of the damage process under the external loads. The goal of the study is to apply a new laser-ultrasonic method to in-situ study of a local porosity in reactive cast aluminum-matrix composites. The proposed method is based on statistical analysis of the amplitude distribution of backscattered broadband pulses of longitudinal ultrasonic waves in the studied materials. Laser excitation and piezoelectric detection of ultrasound were carried out using a laser-ultrasonic transducer. Two series of reactive cast aluminum-matrix composites were analyzed: reinforced by in situ synthesized Al3Ti intermetallic particles in different volume concentrations and by Al3Ti added with synthetic diamond nanoparticles. It is shown that for both series of the composites, the amplitude distribution of backscattered ultrasonic pulses is approximated by the Gaussian probability distribution applicable for statistics of large number of independent random variables. The empirical dependence of the half-width of this distribution on the local porosity in composites of two series is approximated by the same nearly linear function regardless of the size and fraction of reinforcing particles. This function was used to derive the formula for calculation of the local porosity in the studied composites. The developed technique seems to be promising in revealing potentially dangerous domains with high porosity in reactive-cast metal-matrix composites.

Fabrication and microstructure of in situ Al2O3 decomposed from Al2(SO4)3-reinforced aluminum matrix composites

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1712-1715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ouyang Liuzhang ◽  
Luo Chengping ◽  
Sui Xiandong ◽  
Zeng Meiqin ◽  
Zhu Min
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Matrix ◽  
Aluminum Matrix Composites ◽  
Matrix Composites

Aluminum-Matrix Aluminum Nitride Particle Composite as a Low-Thermal-Expansion Thermal Conductor

1993 ◽  
Vol 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shy-Wen Lai ◽  
D. D. L. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Thermal Expansion ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Liquid Aluminum ◽  
Aluminum Matrix ◽  
Aluminum Matrix Composites ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Low Thermal Expansion ◽  
Increasing Temperature

AbstractAluminum-matrix composites containing AIN or SiC particles were fabricated by vacuum infiltration of liquid aluminum into a porous particulate preform under an argon pressure of up to 41 MPa. Al/AIN was superior to Al/SiC in thermal conductivity. At 59 vol.% AIN, Al/AlN had a thermal conductivity of 157 W/m. °C and a thermal expansion coefficient of 9.8 × 10−-6°C−1 (35–100 °C). Al/AlN had similar tensile strength and higher ductility compared to Al/SiC of a similar reinforcement volume fraction at room temperature, but exhibited higher tensile strength and higher ductility at 300–400°C. The ductility of Al/AlN increased with increasing temperature from 22 to 400°C, while that of Al/SiC did not change with temperature. The superior high temperature resistance of Al/AlN is attributed to the lack of a reaction between Al and AIN, in contrast to the reaction between Al and SiC in AI/SiC.

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