Experimental Analysis of Aluminium Alloy Reinforced with Rare Earth Metals

Metallurgy is the science and technology of metals and alloys. It involves the production of metals by processing the ores to extract the metal they contain, and the mixing of metals or other elements to produce alloys. metals generally exhibit very particular properties; these properties are often limited to a very narrow field of application. The art of the metallurgist is to create alloys from a given base metal, like aluminium, copper, iron, etc. by adding controlled proportions of other metals or metalloids to improve or modify certain properties such as mechanical properties, formability, weldability. Aluminium is an extremely versatile metal and can be cast, melted, formed, machined, and extruded with several advantages, it is recognised for being lightweight,  flexible, high specific strength, high processability, anti- erosion, increased conductivity, eco-friendly nature, and  recoverability. Its applications are further widened by the preparation of alloys. Aluminium alloys are widely used in the fields of electric module packaging, automotive body structure, wind, and solar energy management. All aluminium products belong to one of eight alloy series. The Rare earth metals (RE) offer a possibility to bond metal powders and their uses in metallic catalysts are growing. Alloys containing large quantities of RE are useful in high vacuum systems for removing H, CH and Ar. And used in incendiary applications on account of their superior pyrophoric properties. Addition of Res to Al offers heat resistance and better ductility. Hence in this project RE are experimentally added to the selected Al alloy in calculated proportions to produce the metal with extraordinary properties and contribute to the field of add an appropriate use here.