Effect of Magnesium Addition on Processing the Al-0.8 Mg-0.7 Si/SiCp Metal Matrix Composites

L. Poovazhagan; K. Rajkumar; P. Saravanamuthukumar; S. Javed Syed Ibrahim; S. Santhosh

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.787.553

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Effect of Magnesium Addition on Processing the Al-0.8 Mg-0.7 Si/SiC_p Metal Matrix Composites

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Metal matrix composites (MMCs) play a vital role in today’s engineering industries. Stir casting is one of the most inexpensive methods for the production of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites. However there are few problems encountered in stir casting such as the problem of poor wettability of the reinforcement particles in the matrix metal. The reinforcement particles have the tendency to either settle at the bottom of the crucible or they tend to float at the top of molten metal. This is due to the greater surface tension of the molten metal. Various techniques are available to improve the wettability of the ceramic particles in metal matrix which includes Particle treatment, Particle coating and Addition of alloying agent. In this work, Magnesium (Mg) was used as the alloying element to improve the wettability of SiC particles in the Al matrix. Mg is used to reduce the surface tension of molten aluminum (Al) thus promoting proper wetting. To understand the effect of Mg on improving the wettability of SiC in aluminum matrix, different weight percentages of SiC particles reinforced aluminum alloy 6061(AA6061) based MMCs were fabricated in stir casting method by adding Mg as alloying element. The cast specimens were subjected to microstructural analysis, tension tests and hardness tests. Results showed that addition of Mg with SiC in AA6061 matrix significantly improved the wetting between Al and SiC; subsequently MMCs possessed enhanced mechanical properties.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 787)

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L. Poovazhagan*, K. Rajkumar, P. Saravanamuthukumar, S. Javed Syed Ibrahim, S. Santhosh

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Metal Matrix Composite, Mg Addition, Stir Casting, Wettability

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