Effect of Si-C on MMC of AL-Zn Alloy

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Effect of Si-C on MMC of Al-Zn Alloy
Bothe Sanket B.1,Shinde Swapnil V.2,Shinde Gokul J.3, Vinchu Pravin K.4,
Asst. Prof. Ghodake A. P.5 Asst.Prof. Darade P.P.6
1,2,3,4BE Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India
5 Asst. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract - Al hybrid metal matrix composites are a
new generation of MMC’s that have the potential of
Satisfying recent demands are met due to improve
mechanical properties amenability to conventional
processing techniques and possibility of reducing
production cost of Al hybrid composites. By selecting
the different combination of reinforcement Al matrix
composites and how it effects mechanical properties,
corrosion and wear performance of the material.
Then SiC particles are added to the matrix for further
work. The composites cast results are tested for their
strength, hardness and wear resistance. They can be
used for electrical, automotive and astronautic
application due to attractive properties such as
adjustable thermal expansion coefficient, low
density, high wear resistance and high stiffness. It
was observed that increasing the reinforcement
content within the Al matrix results in significant
increases in the UTS and hardness values.
Key Words: composite, SiC, strength, hardness
and wear
1. INTRODUCTION
Need for only new wear resistant materials for
increase performance tribological applications has
been one of the major incentives for the
technological development of ceramic particulate
reinforced Zinc aluminum alloys during the last few
years. Several researchers have reported that the
incorporation of hard particles such as Al alloy or SiC
in cast Zinc aluminum alloys improve the abrasive
wear resistance, sliding of these alloys. Aluminum
Zinc metal matrix composites are among the most
promising materials for wear and structural
applications due to low density, low cost and ease of
fabrication of composites.
It has been reported that the abrasive wear
resistance of the particle reinforced MMCs were
increase with the volume fraction of particles and
under both high and low stress abrasive wear
conditions. On a weighted adjusted basis, many Zn-
Al-based composite materials can outperform cast
iron, steel, Al, Mg and virtually any other reinforced
metal or alloy in a different applications. Hence, it
methinks feasible that metal matrix composites will
replace conventional materials in many commercial
and industrial applications. The particle reinforced
MMCs are appealing since they reveal isotropic
characteristics by comparison with the continuously
reinforced matrices fabrication of the irregularly
reinforced Al-Zn-based MMCs can be derived by ideal
metal processing technologies such as powder
metallurgy, direct casting, rolling, forging, and
extrusion. The products can be drilled, machined and
shaped by using primary facility. They can be made

accessible in quantities suitable for automobile
applications. The main limitation for automotive
applications are their inadequate or poor fracture
toughness, fatigue performance low and hardness
compared to those of the constituent matrix material.
A number of zinc-based conventional alloys
having eutectic, eutectoid and monotectoid
compositions has been created. The alloys seen good
performance not only bronze but also cast iron used
in various tribological and engineering applications
Zinc-based monotectoid alloys containing Cu and Si
have been found to be superior to the alloys based on
either eutectoid or eutectic compositions, as long as
their tribological and mechanical characteristics are
related. Among the copper containing Al–Zn alloys,
highest hardness and tensile strength were obtained
with Al–Zn–Cu alloys This indicates that the binary
Al–Zn alloy can be taken as the basis for preparing
and investigating ternary Al–Zn–Cu alloys .However,
the effect of copper content on the microstructure
and properties of Al–Zn–Cu alloys have not been fully
understood.
Figure No. 1-Al-Zn Alloy Material
Aluminum matrix composites (AMC) exhibit
better mechanical properties than unreinforced
aluminum alloys. It has been used as tribological
parts in few vehicles for years due to better wear
resistance 3.4 and their good ratio of
strength/density. Rapid solidification techniques
have been used to produce high performance matrix
powders and the mechanical properties of aluminum
matrix composites were enhanced greatly. It is
difficult to shape AMC in a lathe with conventional
cutting tools because ceramic particles in AMC cause
more wear of the cutting tools and Al is prone to
adhesion to cutting tools and decreases the service
life and cutting efficiency of cutting tools. On the
other hand, the ever increasing concern for
environmental protection and restricted use of
specific chemical compounds demand the
development of non or less-polluting metal working
fluids 7%. In this study, the tribological
characteristics of SIC particulate reinforced AMC are
derived in a inverse friction tester under water
lubrication and dry sliding conditions. The wear
mechanisms are proposed and discussed as in this
research.
Figure No. 2-Wear Testing Machine

Wear testing is a faculty for assessing sideways
displacement or erosion of material from its ideal
position and derivative on a solid surface performed
by the action of another surface. This test is
commonly used as a simple determine of workability
of material. It has been important to conduct
mechanical tests which simulate the condition of
material will realized in actual use. Wear testing is
typically carried out on the Al alloy.
The forces and loads acting on materials are
compressive in nature and their ability to withstand
such loads and forces without failure is a determine
of their credibility. The wear testing machine for
materials is the primary step to effective good
manufacturing practice and quality control.
The foreign wear machines are expensive,
rarely available and beyond the reach of the
investigators. The need to evolve a multipurpose
effective wear machine with 100% indigenously
sourced components and materials which will be
readily available and cheap to surface study and
quality control, will improve productivity, good
manufacturing practice in the building material
industry, the design and fabrication of a wear testing
machine is determined. Pin on disc wear test
machines is to be constructed and designed. Pin on
disc wear tests are conduct by using a constant load
in the contact and disc is rotated at constant speed.
The weight loss is regularly determined and saves to
calculate the wear rate. The aim of this study was to
evaluate the effect of changing the load on the rate of
wear, by design a device to find out the rate of
material removed under the effect of different loads.
Design and calculations were established and
the machine was fabricated with well materials and
components all sourced locally. The performance of
the fabricated machine was finally evaluate against a
standard wear machine in the Standards
Organization using statistical methods and the result
showed that the locally fabricated machine is 97%
effective.
2. METHODOLOGY
2.1 Hardness Testing:
Hardness tests (BHN) were conducted on all the
polished component for micro structural
measurement. Specimens used for hardness tests
were selected at the cold end of the casting.
2.2 Wear Testing:
Abrasive wear tests were conducted on a rubber
wheel abrader machine. The specimens were of the
size 10 mm diameter and 25 mm length of
dimensions. Dry abrasive wear tests are performed
by using sand as the abrasive medium.
2.3 Slurry Testing:
Slurry wear tests were conducted on a slurry wear
testing machine. Sand was used along with water to
form the slurry and was confirmed to ASTM G-75
standards.
2.4 Pin on Disc tests:
The pin-on disc machine were used to carried out
friction and wear test. The main components of
machine are a pin, a disc, and a loading system, its
mounting system and temperature measurement
system and a friction force. The disc was made of SAE
1045 steel with a hardness of 50 ± 1 HRC and a
diameter of 200 mm. Wear tests is carried out under

a sliding speed of 1 ms-1 and a constant pressure of
1.5 MPa. The friction force was determined using a S-
50 type load cell and the coefficient of friction of the
alloys determined by dividing friction force by load.
The wear and friction tests were conduct for a 2500
m sliding distance. The temperatures of the wear
samples were monitored by putting a Cu-Ni
thermocouple in a hole at a distance of 1.5 mm from
the rubbing surface. Each specimen was
ultrasonically weighed and cleaned before wear tests
with an accuracy of 0.01. The wear samples were
removed after every 500 m sliding distance, weighed
to measure the mass loss. The determine values of
mass loss for all the components tested is converted
into volume loss using the calculated density of the
alloys. The surface of the wear samples subtract were
examined using SEM.
3. RESEARCH OVERVIEW
There has been an increasing demand from
aerospace, space and automobile industries for
materials possessing high specific strength and
better wear resistance stability at high temperatures.
The process of increasing the properties of
engineering materials has led to the method of
ceramics, reinforcing polymers and metals with
particles, whiskers and fibers thus leading to the
production of composites. Due to ease of fabrication
and the higher ductility than ceramic matrix
composites and better environmental stability and
stiffness than polymer matrix composites, MMCs
have become popular and are commonly used. In this
paper outlines we came know the various production
techniques and mechanical properties of MMCs. It
shows that Al-Zn based composites exhibit huge
development in all mechanical properties as
compared to the unreinforced base alloy.
Figure No. 3. SEM Microstructures of reinforced Al-
and Zn-based composites.
The arrangement of fibres in the matrix is one of
the factors which determines the mechanical
properties of a fibre-reinforced composite. The
dispersion technique (disseminating the fibres in a
liquid medium) to produce fibre preforms seems to
have a control over the fibre spacing as it allows the
fibres to arrange themselves in planar random
orientation. Intermetallic phases containing
impurities are brittle in nature and they always crack
earlier than the matrix thus leading to failure of the
composite at lower loads. The presence of silica

binder in the preforms increases the possibility of
producing a brittle interfacial bonding and also
results in macroscopic and microscopic segregation
of alloying elements.
4. SUMMERY
The hardness of Al–Zn–Cu alloys continuously
increases with increasing Cu content, but %
elongation seen a reverse trend. The tensile strength
of these alloys increased with increasing Cu 3%, but
above this level it less as the copper content more. It
was related to two opposite effects solid solution
hardening of a phase and weakening effect through
cracking tendency due to y phase. This technique of
material process is more effective at copper contents
beyond 3%.
As the sliding distance increases the volume
loss, the friction coefficient and temperature of alloys
achieved constant levels following an initial increase
and a decrease in temperature and only an initial
increase in volume loss, an initial decrease in friction
coefficient. The volume loss of Al–Zn–Cu alloys
decreased with increasing copper content up to 3%,
but showed an increase above this level. Therefore,
among these alloys, the highest tensile strength and
wear resistance (inverse of volume loss) were
attained by the Al–Zn–Cu alloy. The wear loss of the
Al–Zn–Cu alloys was found to be inversely
proportional to their tensile strength. It seen a same
change with % elongation up to 3% Cu, above which
the trend inverse and hardness produced a mixed
effect on it. Adhesion was most effective wear
mechanism for the Al–Zn–Cu alloys.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is contentment for us to present this paper where
guidance performs a precious key and provides a
concrete platform for completion of the paper.
We would also like to thank our guide Asst.
Prof. Ghodake A. P., Department of Mechanical
Engineering, for his valuable constant scrutiny and
incitement without which we wouldn’t have looked
deeper into our work and realized both our feats and
shortcomings. This work would not have been
possible without him.
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