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Mechanical Properties of Low-Cost Aluminum-Matrix Hybrid Composites Reinforced With Industrial Waste Quarry Dust

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The effect of reinforcement of stir cast aluminum-matrix hybrid composites with industrial waste quarry dust in addition to graphite and boron carbide on their mechanical and tribological properties is studied. The hardness, the impact toughness and the wear resistance of the composites are studied in tensile tests and tests for static and dynamic bending. The structure of the composites is investigated by optical microscopy and x-ray diffractometry. It is shown that the addition of waste quarry dust raises considerably the mechanical and tribological characteristics of the composites and reduces the aluminum content in them. The aluminum-matrix hybrid composite reinforced with 2% graphite, 2% boron carbide and 6% dust exhibits the highest strength and the lowest erosion wear.

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    Rajneesh Gautam, Ajaya Bharti, Naveen Kumar & Hariom Tripathi

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 10, pp. 60 – 64, October, 2022

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Gautam, R., Bharti, A., Kumar, N. et al. Mechanical Properties of Low-Cost Aluminum-Matrix Hybrid Composites Reinforced With Industrial Waste Quarry Dust. Met Sci Heat Treat 64, 593–597 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-023-00856-8

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