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Effect of Rhenium Addition on Wear Behavior of Cr-Al2O3 Metal Matrix Composites

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Materials for applications in the automotive industry are required to be strong, stiff, hard, light weight, and wear resistant, which is very difficult to achieve in the case of conventional materials. To meet all these diverse requirements, it is necessary to combine various types of materials (such as metals and ceramics). In the present study, the chromium and chromium-rhenium matrices were reinforced with aluminum oxide to obtain composite materials with improved wear resistance. The composites were fabricated by a powder metallurgy method. The effects of the rhenium addition and volume fraction of aluminum oxide on the wear rate and the friction coefficient of the composites at room temperature were examined in a ball-on-surface apparatus under dry conditions. The worn surfaces and debris were studied by scanning electron microscopy. The final values of the friction coefficient were 0.9 and 0.8 for the Cr-25%Al2O3 and Cr-40%Al2O3 composites, respectively. Alloying Cr matrix with Re improved wear resistance of composite but, at the same time, it caused an increase in its coefficient of friction.

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Acknowledgments

The results presented in this paper have been obtained from the project “KomCerMet” (contract No. POIG. 01.03.01-14-013/08-00 with the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education) within the framework of the Operational Programme for Innovative Economy 2007-2013.

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Chmielewski, M., Piątkowska, A. Effect of Rhenium Addition on Wear Behavior of Cr-Al2O3 Metal Matrix Composites. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 24, 1871–1880 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1462-9

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