The wear resistance of aluminum has been improved with zirconia material. The method consists in compacting aluminum powder and the compacted piece immersed several times in a colloidal zirconia solution until a constant weight was reached. The solution penetrated the piece and infiltrated the preform. A wear test was carried out in a pin-on-disc machine. By measuring the weight loss, it was shown that the composite had significant improvement in wear resistance compared to pure aluminum.
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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 8, pp. 22 – 24, August, 2010.
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Fuentes-Ramirez, R., Perez-Gonzalez, A. & Castaño Meneses, V.M. Improved wear resistance of an aluminum – zirconia composite. Met Sci Heat Treat 52, 368–370 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-010-9284-8
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