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Advancement and characterization of Al-Mg-Si alloy using reinforcing materials of Fe2O3 and B4C composite produced by stir casting method

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The modifications of Al6061-T6 metal matrix composites is an extraordinary enthusiasm of recent pertinence for lesser weight materials with high value of tensile strength, hardness and wear protection, which can be widely used in automotive and aircraft design. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of the reinforced Al6061 composite with 5 wt% of Fe2O3 in addition to 2 %, 4 %, 6 % weight of B4C being made-up by stir casting technique. In this research, Al6061 composites have analyzed by its physical and mechanical properties like as density, hardness, impact strength, ultimate tensile and compressive strength, and an optical microscope is utilized to assess the metallurgical properties such as microstructure with different wt% of reinforcement of Al6061 composite. The microstructure of newly prepared composites was shown a regular spreading of reinforcements in the matrix by an optical microscope and also the muscular bonding between the matrix and reinforcements were demonstrated by SEM analysis. It is further identifying that, microstructure uniformity and therefore the tensile strength of the metal composites was enhanced with increasing the fraction of Fe2O3 and B4C particles without any decrement in elongation.

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The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to Research & Development Centre for providing ambient laboratory facilities at SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamilnadu.

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D. Mummoorthi, M.E, is an Assistant Professor at SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India. He received his B.E. (mechanical engineering) from Rajarajeswari Engineering College, Chennai and M.E (manufacturing) from Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy. He is life member of various professional bodies like ISTE, MSAE. His research interests are focused on materials characterization, corrosion and optimization of machining parameters.

M. Rajkumar received his Ph.D. in production engineering from NIT, Trichy, India in 2011. He has published two books in international publications. He received the Young Scientist Fellowship Award from TNSCST, Chennai for 2014–2015 and also successfully completed collaborative research at Gas Turbine Research Establishment, DRDO, Bangalore. He is an active life member of Society of Operations Research, Hong Kong and Tribology Society of India.

S. Ganesh Kumar, M.E, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India. His area of research is layout design and optimization. He is life member of various professional bodies like ISTE, IAENG. He has published 10 technical papers in the referred International journals.

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Mummoorthi, D., Rajkumar, M. & Ganesh Kumar, S. Advancement and characterization of Al-Mg-Si alloy using reinforcing materials of Fe2O3 and B4C composite produced by stir casting method. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 3213–3222 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0616-3

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