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Role of Nickel Particulate Reinforcement on Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of AZ31 Magnesium Composite

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Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are one of the highly sought after structural material due to its lowest density among the structural material. Various attempts are being made by researchers to improve the mechanical performance of Mg alloys to widen their scope of application domains, especially in defence and biomedical sectors. On the development of Mg matrix composites, various works are reported on adding ceramic-based reinforcement which is proven to improve the strength of the material, but at the cost of ductility. With the research attempt on developing metallic reinforcement-based Mg composites being scarce, the scope of developing such composite material with superior strength and ductility is huge. Nickel has zero-solubility in Mg, high melting point and few closely matching lattice spacing with Mg crystal, which enabled simultaneous crystallization of Mg, with Ni acting as nucleation sites, and helped refining the microstructure. In the present research work, an attempt is made to incorporate 5 Wt.% of sub-micron-Ni particulate as reinforcement in developing an AZ31 matrix composite through stir casting route. A field emission scanning electron microscope and optical microscope was used to give the detailed analysis on the microstructural evaluation of the cast AZ31 alloy and the developed composite. Elemental mapping was done to confirm the uniform distribution of Ni particles throughout the magnesium matrix. The influence of reinforcement on the mechanical properties of the composites were investigated. The composite displayed improved properties when compared to the base alloy in terms of hardness, yield strength and ultimate tensile strength. The hardness of the composite was found to be 68.4HV, whereas the base alloy had a hardness of 53HV. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) for the AZ31/Ni composite was greater than 50% when compared with the base alloy. Fractography study revealed the type of fracture of the base alloy and the composite.

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This work was funded by SERB (Grant no. AV/KAR/2022/0336).

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India

    Md Saad Patel, Anand Besekar, S. Annamalai, M. Sunil Kumar, Rahul Jain & R. Jose Immanuel

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Patel, M.S., Besekar, A., Annamalai, S. et al. Role of Nickel Particulate Reinforcement on Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of AZ31 Magnesium Composite. Trans Indian Inst Met (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-023-03192-w

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