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Hot press sintering effects and wear resistance of the Al-B4C composite coatings of an AA-2024 alloy

  • Assistant Prof. Dr. Cetin Ozay, born 1978, received his BSc at the University of Firat, Faculty of Tech. Education, Elazig, Turkey in 2000 and his MSc in 2004. In 2009, he completed his PhD at the same university, and since 2011 he has been working as Assistant Professor. His research areas include turn-milling, manufacturing technology, production techniques, Taguchi method, and artificialneural networks as well as the genetic algorithm.

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    MSc Omer Etem Karlidag, born 1990, studied at the University of Firat, Faculty of Engineering in Elazig, Turkey. He achieved his MSc at thesame university in 2017. He is specialized in manufacturing, powder metallurgy and tribology.
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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 63 Issue 12

Abstract

In this study, the surface of AA-2024 alloy substrate was coated with an Al-B4C reinforced composite using hot press sintering. Al and B4C powders were synthesized by mechanical alloying. To this end, four samples were prepared. As a reference sample, AA-2024 substrate was coated with pure Al powder under 110 MPa pressure. In the other samples, the AA-2024 substrate was coated with metal matrix composites (MMCs) contained in Al-5 wt.-% B4C at 90, 110 and 130 MPa. The microstructure of the transition zone formed between the AA-2024 substrate and the coating layer of the coated samples, the microstructure of the Al/B4C MMCs coating, the macro hardness, the linear reciprocating and forth wear resistance of the coating layer were investigated. In addition, an optical microscope (OM), scanning electro microscope (SEM) images and EDS analysis of the microstructure were used. It was observed that the B4C powders were homogeneously distributed in the Al matrix in the microstructure of the coating layer. It was also found that the gaps between the grains in the microstructure of the coating layer and their size decreased with an increase in pressing pressure. Accordingly, it was concluded that macro hardness increased and weight loss decreased.

Keywords: Hot press sintering; Al-B4C AMMCs; coating; wear resistance
Cetin Ozay Department of Engineering Faculty of Technology Firat University Elazig, Turkey

About the authors

Assistant Prof. Dr. Cetin Ozay

Assistant Prof. Dr. Cetin Ozay, born 1978, received his BSc at the University of Firat, Faculty of Tech. Education, Elazig, Turkey in 2000 and his MSc in 2004. In 2009, he completed his PhD at the same university, and since 2011 he has been working as Assistant Professor. His research areas include turn-milling, manufacturing technology, production techniques, Taguchi method, and artificialneural networks as well as the genetic algorithm.

Omer Etem Karlidag

MSc Omer Etem Karlidag, born 1990, studied at the University of Firat, Faculty of Engineering in Elazig, Turkey. He achieved his MSc at thesame university in 2017. He is specialized in manufacturing, powder metallurgy and tribology.

Acknowledgement

This study was supported by the Fırat University Scientific Research Projects (FÜBAP) unit within the scope of the TEKF.19.08 project.

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Published Online: 2021-12-30

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-0057
Keywords for this article
Hot press sintering; Al-B4C AMMCs; coating; wear resistance

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  4. Dynamic mechanical behavior of composite materials reinforced by graphene and huntite minerals
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  13. Computer simulation of boronizing kinetics for a TB2 alloy
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