Mechanical and Tribological Properties of A7075/ SiC/ B4C Hybrid Composite Fabricated by Stir and Squeeze Casting Method

Abstract:

Aluminium alloys are having lightweight, high strength, good corrosive resistance, and toughness. In this paper, A7075/B4C/SiC Hybrid Composites fabricated with different wt. % of reinforcement materials by using stir and squeeze casting process. The SEM Microstructure have shown that uniform distribution of reinforcement particles in the A7075 matrix reinforced with 1 % wt. % B4C and 1 % wt. % SiC. The Mechanical properties of A7075/B4C/SiC Hybrid Composites were studied Composite A7075/B4C/SiC reinforced with 1 % wt. B4C and 1 % wt. SiC has shown more compressive and tensile strength compared to base alloy. The compressive strength of the composite increased 39.73 % and the tensile strength is increased 36.67 % compared to base alloy. From the dry sliding wear studies, the Composite with 1 B4C wt. % have shown less weight loss and coefficient of friction at all conditions due to the uniform distribution of the micro-particles within the matrix surfaces. Worn surface morphology has revealed that severe wear of A7075 base alloy became mild wear by preparing composite with 1 % wt. SiC, 0.5 wt. % B4C and then mild wear became less wear with shallow grooves by increasing reinforcement weight percentage of B4C from 0.5 to 1.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 882)
• Pages: 77-88
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.882.77
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Kannan Sekar*
• Keywords: A7075/SiC /B4C Hybrid Composites, Pin-on-Disc Machine, SEM, Squeeze Casting, Stir, Tensile Strength, Wear Test

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