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Effect of Ceramic Particulate Addition on Aluminium Based Ex-Situ and In-Situ Formed Metal Matrix Composites

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An attempt was made to synthesis ex-situ formed Al/SiC MMC and in-situ formed Al/TiB2 MMC using stir casting method with different weight percentage of the ceramic particulates such as 4 wt%, 6 wt% and 8 wt% respectively. Significant improvements of mechanical properties were observed when the addition of reinforcement particulates increased from 2 to 8 wt%. The tensile strength and Rockwell hardness of the ex-situ and in-situ formed composites were conducted as per the ASTM standard E08-16 and ASTM standard E18-15 respectively. The in-situ formed TiB2 MMC has superior mechanical properties such as 0.2% proof strength, tensile strength and hardness as compared to ex-situ SiC MMC as well as base metal. It is also concluded that the mechanical properties were increased with increase in wt% of reinforcement particles additions. The Optical Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy were used to examine the size and uniformity of reinforcement particles whereas the Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis, X-ray diffractometer and Element Mapping analysis were used to confirm the presence of TiB2 particles.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University and University Grant Commission (UGC)-RGNF, New Delhi, India for supporting this research work.

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  1. Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, 608 002, India

    B. Gobalakrishnan & P. R. Lakshminarayanan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajanm Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600 062, India

    C. Rajaravi

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636 005, India

    Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar

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Gobalakrishnan, B., Rajaravi, C., Udhayakumar, G. et al. Effect of Ceramic Particulate Addition on Aluminium Based Ex-Situ and In-Situ Formed Metal Matrix Composites. Met. Mater. Int. 27, 3695–3708 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-020-00868-6

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