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Metal Matrix composites are an important class of engineering materials with enhanced hardness, wear, compressive strength, fracture toughness and corrosion resistance. Iron–Nickel alloys are well known for their superior wear, mechanical, corrosion and high temperature resistance characteristics. Present work is focused on the study of wear behavior of Fe-Ni alloy matrix based (Fe70Ni30)-ZrO2 composites with varying ZrO2 reinforcement content. ZrO2 particles were found to be dispersed in matrix as un-reacted phase. (Fe,Ni) alloy specimens prepared using powder metallurgy route with different Fe/Ni ratio show the formation of α-(Fe,Ni) and γ-(Fe,Ni) phases, where γ-(Fe,Ni) phase increases with increasing Ni content. γ phase was found to be a soft and corrosion resistant phase as compared to α-(Fe,Ni). An increase in γ-(Fe,Ni) phase reduced the hardness and wear resistance of specimens but increased corrosion resistance in 3.5 wt% NaCl aqueous solution. In the present investigation a pin on disc wear testing machine was used for studying the tribological behavior of Fe70Ni30 (wt%) with ZrO2 (0, 2.5, 5, 10 and 15 wt%) composite at three different loads i.e. 10, 20 and 30N. Presence of hard ZrO2 particles reduced the plastic flow during sliding and attributed in improving the wear resistance of composite. Increasing the fraction of ZrO2 reinforcing particles up to 10 wt% improves the wear resistance. Beyond this reinforcement limit, wear resistance decreased dramatically. It is due to the high contact of ceramic to ceramic particles and weak metal/ reinforcement interface at higher reinforcement content, resulting in brittleness in the composite.
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Singh, N., Parkash, O., Kumar, D. (2019). Wear Behavior of ZrO2 Particle Reinforced (Fe,Ni) Matrix Composite. In: Abdel Wahab, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Fracture Fatigue and Wear. FFW 2018. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0411-8_61
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