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The wear behavior of hypereutectic aluminium-silicon alloy A390 was investigated using a pin-on-disc wear machine under dry sliding conditions. The wear tests were performed within a load range of 10 to 300N at a constant sliding velocity of 0.5 m/sec. The microstructural and compositional changes that took place during wear were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA) system. Based on the metallographic observations the role of the primary silicon particles was suggested. In a low pressure region, primary silicon particles supported the applied load and wear occurred mainly in the matrix. Thus the wear loss did not show much variation with the applied load. In the mid-load range, primary silicon particles did not yet fracture and thus supported the applied load in part. Transition from oxidative to metallic wear occurs mainly in the matrix and the increase of wear loss becomes sharper than that in a low pressure region. In the high pressure region, the fractures of primary silicon Particles occurred and wear loss increased sharply.
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Lee, JM., Kang, SB. & Yoon, SC. Role of the primary silicon particle on the dry sliding wear of hypereutectic aluminium-silicon alloy A390. Metals and Materials 5, 357–362 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03187758
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