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  • Examination of wear properties of Al/B4C composites reinforced with irregularly shaped B4C

  • İsmail Topcu*

  • Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey

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Abstract

In this study, Boroncarbide (B4C) powders were added as supplemental material to produce aluminum (Al) metal matrix composites (MMC) by mechanical alloying (MA) method. Three different B4C amount (5, 7,5, and 10 wt%) were used and three different temperatures (600, 620, and 640 oC) were applied for the sintering of the samples. Wear rate, hardness, and density of the produced composites were evaluated in order to investigate the effect of different B4C content and sintering temperatures. It was found that the increase in the B4C amount decreased the wear rate and density of the specimens while increasing the hardness. Moreover, the application of different temperatures had a positive effect on the density, hardness, and wear behavior of the specimens


Keywords: B4C, Mechanical properties, Sintering, Wear

This Article

  • 2021; 22(3): 276-282

    Published on Jun 30, 2021

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2021.22.3.276
  • Received on Apr 27, 2020
  • Revised on May 25, 2020
  • Accepted on Jun 10, 2020

Correspondence to

  • İsmail Topcu

  • Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
    Tel : +90 242 510 61 20 Fax: +90 242 510 61 24

  • E-mail: ismail.topcu@alanya.edu.tr