| Pub. Date | : Feb, 2023 |
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| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of Marketing Management |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJMM010223 |
| Author Name | : Mahesh R Jadhav, Krishnakumar D Joshi, Pramod V Mulik, Prashant J Patil and Gautam S Kamble |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Marketing |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 07 |
AlSiCp Metal Matrix Composites (AlSiCp MMC) possess a variety of desired mechanical properties such as high strength-to-weight ratio, rigidity modulus, resistance to wear, corrosion and thermal shock. Due to this, it finds application in aerospace and automotive sector. Preparation of such composites is difficult, yet there are several methods to do it. One of them is stir casting, which is not only easy but also inexpensive. Being a high-demand material in aerospace industry, fabrication of AlSiCp MMC with Al2024 as base material and silicon carbide powder as reinforcement is chosen for the study. An attempt has been made to develop the aforementioned composite in three variants with weight fraction of 3, 5 and 7 percent of silicon carbide. Experimentations reveal that the hardness increased nearly by 30% with respect to base material. Microstructural study by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) shows the uniform distribution of the reinforcement, especially in composite with 5% reinforcement.
Composite material is a combination of two or more distinct phases (matrix phase and reinforcement phase) with bulk properties significantly different from its constituents. Structures of many common materials (metals, alloys, doped ceramics and polymers mixed with additives) have some amount of dispersed phases, but they
Stir casting, AlSiCp MMCs, Hardness, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)