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Study of B4C/Al–Mg–Si Composites as Highly Hard and Corrosion-Resistant Materials for Industrial Applications

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The development of materials having high mechanical strength and corrosion resistance property is of much interest for applications in automobile, defense and marine industries. This research article investigates the electrochemical and mechanical behaviors of B4C/Al–Mg–Si composites fabricated by using the powder metallurgy method. The fabricated composites which consist of 3.5, 7.0 and 10.5 wt% of B4C reinforcement particles showed a uniform distribution. In order to find the effects of corrosion and mechanical properties of the produced composites, potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Vickers micro-hardness (HV) measurements were carried out. The results revealed that the corrosion resistance decreases with the increasing B4C content, while hardness of the composite increases. Additionally, a technique was employed to improve the corrosion resistance as well as hardness of the composite. The results also demonstrate the mechanisms of the corrosion, high hardness and their improvement in the composites

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The authors would like to acknowledge the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and department of Physics, O P Jindal University, Raigarh, India, for the encouragement and research support. The authors also acknowledge Prof (Dr.) Ayush Khare, department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, for their invaluable and laboratory support.

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    Neeraj Kumar & Manoranjan Kumar Manoj

  2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, O P Jindal University, Raigarh, 496109, India

    Neeraj Kumar

  3. Department of Chemistry, O P Jindal University, Raigarh, 496109, India

    Anurag Gautam

  4. Department of Physics, O P Jindal University, Raigarh, 496109, India

    Ram Sevak Singh

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Kumar, N., Gautam, A., Singh, R.S. et al. Study of B4C/Al–Mg–Si Composites as Highly Hard and Corrosion-Resistant Materials for Industrial Applications. Trans Indian Inst Met 72, 2495–2501 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-019-01717-w

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