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Effect of volume fraction ratio of Ti to Al3Ti on mechanical and tribological performances of the in situ Ti–Al3Ti core–shell structured particle reinforced Al matrix composite

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In present work, Ti-Al3Ti core–shell structured particle reinforced Al matrix composites were fabricated via powder metallurgy technique followed by annealing process. The results indicated that via adjusting annealing parameters, Ti-Al3Ti core–shell particles with 8:0, 2:1, 1:1, and 1:15 volume fraction ratio of Ti to Al3Ti, respectively, were in situ formed in the prepared composites. With the reduction of volume fraction ratio of Ti to Al3Ti, the compressive strength of the composite increases gradually. Besides, as the volume fraction ratio of Ti to Al3Ti reaches 1:1, the composite shows the best wear resistance among these studied specimens. Furthermore, the relationship between sliding time and wear mechanisms of the composite was investigated in detail via friction and wear tests. As the sliding time increased constantly, the main wear mechanism of the composite is changed from adhesion wear to a combination of fatigue, adhesion, oxidation, and abrasion wear.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports of this study by the Natural Science foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20220690), Initial Scientific Research Fund in Changshu Institute of Technology (Grant Nos. KYZ2018044Q, KYZ2018043Q) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51901058).

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    Yuqiang Han, Jiaxu Liu, Qianying Wang, Chunfa Lin, Wenwen Wu & Mengqiao Zhang

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Han, Y., Liu, J., Wang, Q. et al. Effect of volume fraction ratio of Ti to Al3Ti on mechanical and tribological performances of the in situ Ti–Al3Ti core–shell structured particle reinforced Al matrix composite. Journal of Materials Research 37, 3695–3707 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00742-8

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