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Al2O3-TiC Composite Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering Process: Evaluation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties

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Al2O3-10TiC composites were synthesized by spark plasma sintering (SPS) process. Microstructural and mechanical properties of the composite reveal homogeneous distribution of the fine TiC particles in the matrix. The samples were produced with different sintering temperature, and it shows that the hardness and density gradually increases with increasing sintering temperature. Abrasion wear test result reveals that the composite sintered at 1500 °C shows high abrasion resistance (wt. loss ~ 0.016 g) and the lowest abrasion resistance was observed for the composite sample sintered at 1100 °C (wt. loss ~ 1.459 g). The profilometry surface roughness study shows that sample sintered at 1100 °C shows maximum roughness (Ra = 6.53 µm) compared to the sample sintered at 1500 °C (Ra = 0.66 µm) corroborating the abrasion wear test results.

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Authors are thankful to CSIR, New Delhi, for providing financial support to carry out the above work through supra-institutional Project (No. ESC- 0401).

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  1. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India

    Rohit Kumar

  2. CSIR- Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, 751013, India

    Rohit Kumar & A. K. Chaubey

  3. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Sivaiah Bathula & Ajay Dhar

  4. Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 8700, Leoben, Austria

    K. G. Prashanth

  5. Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Teknologivegen 22, 2815, Gjøvik, Norway

    K. G. Prashanth

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Kumar, R., Chaubey, A.K., Bathula, S. et al. Al2O3-TiC Composite Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering Process: Evaluation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 997–1004 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-017-3113-9

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