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An experimental study on mechanical properties and wear of A380/nB4C composites fabricated using two different liquid state processes

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In the present work, fabrication of metal matrix composite of aluminium alloy A380 reinforced with 0.5, 1 and 1.5 weight percentages of nano boron carbide through mechanical stirring and ultrasonic treatment processes. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Back Scattered Electron Detector (BSE) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) are used to characterize fabricated composites. Furthermore, tensile, hardness and wear tests are performed to compare the mechanical and wear properties of prepared samples. It is found that UST is an efficient process as compared to MS for refining the microstructure of base alloy and fabricated composites. Also, the reinforced particles are efficiently and uniformly distributed in the ultrasonic treatment process. The improved properties of the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and hardness observed at A380/1nB4C as 57%, and 35% respectively and wear of the fabricated composites samples is less as compared to the base alloy.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) Longowal, Punjab, India for providing the testing facilities. The authors would also like to thank Mr Ravi Kumar for providing the machining facilities at Siddh Auto Components Faridabad, Haryana, India.

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  1. Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Jaivir Singh & Rajeev Trehan

  2. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

    Noe Alba-Baena

  3. School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Vishal S Sharma

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Singh, J., Alba-Baena, N., Trehan, R. et al. An experimental study on mechanical properties and wear of A380/nB4C composites fabricated using two different liquid state processes. Sādhanā 46, 233 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-021-01760-8

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