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The spark plasma sintering of the optimized parametric process for the magnesium alloy reinforced hybrid nano-ceramics

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A novel hybridized magnesium-based metal matrix composite consolidated with 4wt%AlN-4wt% Y2O3-4wt%VB nano-ceramics has been developed via powder metallurgy (PM) of spark plasma sintering (SPS) process. A statistical Taguchi design was employed to examine the significant effects of the individual or the interactive sintering parametric process, namely, sintering temperature, pressure, dwell time, and heating rate on the relative density, hardness, and nanohardness of the developed composite. The outcome of the optimized process shows that all the factors contributed to the densification and hardness of the composite, but temperature was seen as the major factor that significantly influenced the process beyond 90%. The highest microhardness value of 106 HV and 2.8 GPa nanohardness was exhibited by the material sintered at 500 °C, 40 MPa of pressure, 5 min of dwell time, and a heating rate of 100 °C/min. Likewise, a minimum crystallite size of 8.87 nm and the smallest grain size of 17.68 µm were achieved at the highest sintering temperature. However, the modeling response suggested that full densification (relative density of about 99%) can be achieved at sintering temperature of 500 °C, pressure of 30 MPa, dwell time of 5 min, and heating rate of 75 °C/min.

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  1. Department of Chemical, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, P.M.B. X680, Pretoria, South Africa

    Juwon Fayomi, Abimbola Patricia Popoola, Victor Aigbodon & Oluranti Agboola

  2. Surface Engineering Research Laboratory, Tshwane University of Technology, P.M.B. X680, Pretoria, South Africa

    Juwon Fayomi & Abimbola Patricia Popoola

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, P.M.B. X680, Pretoria, South Africa

    Olawale Popoola

  4. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Victor Aigbodon

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

    Oluranti Agboola

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Fayomi, J., Popoola, A.P., Popoola, O. et al. The spark plasma sintering of the optimized parametric process for the magnesium alloy reinforced hybrid nano-ceramics. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 124, 1875–1889 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-10617-1

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