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The effect of SiC content on microstructural and tribological properties of sintered B4C and SiC reinforced Al–Cu–Mg–Si matrix hybrid composites

  • Levent Ulvi Gezici , Emre Özer ORCID logo EMAIL logo , İbrahim Sarpkaya

    İbrahim Sarpkaya, born in 1994, in Mersin, acquired his BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. He continues his MSc education in Mechanical Engineering at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. His studies include metal matrix composites, powder metallurgy, tool wear and machinability.

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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 64 Issue 4

Abstract

In this study, B4C and SiC hybrid reinforced Al–Cu–Mg–Si alloy Matrix composites were fabricated using a microwave sintering technique at a sintering temperature of 550 °C for 60 min. In the produced hybrid composites, while the B4C ratio was kept constant (3 wt%), SiC was used in four different amounts (3, 6, 9, and 12 wt%). In these produced hybrid composites, as a result of microwave sintering, thanks to the high microwave absorption of SiC, the porosities closed at a rate of 36.65–40.90%. In 3, 6, 9, and 12 wt% SiC reinforced composites, the microhardness of 100.1, 106.8, 114.4, and 117.2 HV0.05 were achieved, respectively. Due to agglomeration increasing with SiC reinforcement rate, delamination wears increased in 12 wt% SiC reinforced hybrid composite. As a result, the lowest specific wear rate was measured as 0.3374 × 10−3 mm3·(Nm)−1 in the 3 wt% B4C+9 wt% SiC reinforced sample.

Keywords: Al alloy; B4C; hybrid composite; microwave sintering; SiC
Corresponding author: Emre Özer, Industrial Engineering, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Karacaoglan Campus, 80000 Osmaniye, Turkey, E-mail:

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İbrahim Sarpkaya

İbrahim Sarpkaya, born in 1994, in Mersin, acquired his BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. He continues his MSc education in Mechanical Engineering at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. His studies include metal matrix composites, powder metallurgy, tool wear and machinability.

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  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-2103
Keywords for this article
Al alloy; B4C; hybrid composite; microwave sintering; SiC

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