Hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites were produced via compo-casting using the A356 aluminum alloy as the composite matrix, with silicon carbide microparticles (SiCp) and graphite macroparticles (Gr(p)) as reinforcements. The effect of the thixocasting process on the microstructure of a modified A356 alloy (with 0.03 mass% of strontium) was considered. The microstructures of the thixocast A356 alloy and the synthesized composite materials were examined by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The fracture surfaces of the composite matrix and the composites were also analyzed. The thixocast A356 alloy and the composites were subjected to artificial aging after a solution heat treatment. Aging kinetics was followed by hardness measurements. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was applied to reveal the presence of phases formed during artificial aging. The composites reached maximum ha...rdness faster than the thixocast A356 alloy. The time required to attain peak hardness decreases with the increase in the content of particulate reinforcements.
Keywords:
Electron microscopy / Hardness measurement / Aluminum alloys / Composites / Semisolid processing / Age hardening
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Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2014, 612, 7-15
TY - JOUR
AU - Bobić, Ilija
AU - Ružić, Jovana
AU - Bobić, Biljana
AU - Babić, Miroslav
AU - Vencl, Aleksandar
AU - Mitrovic, Slobodan
PY - 2014
UR - http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1566
AB - Hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites were produced via compo-casting using the A356 aluminum alloy as the composite matrix, with silicon carbide microparticles (SiCp) and graphite macroparticles (Gr(p)) as reinforcements. The effect of the thixocasting process on the microstructure of a modified A356 alloy (with 0.03 mass% of strontium) was considered. The microstructures of the thixocast A356 alloy and the synthesized composite materials were examined by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The fracture surfaces of the composite matrix and the composites were also analyzed. The thixocast A356 alloy and the composites were subjected to artificial aging after a solution heat treatment. Aging kinetics was followed by hardness measurements. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was applied to reveal the presence of phases formed during artificial aging. The composites reached maximum hardness faster than the thixocast A356 alloy. The time required to attain peak hardness decreases with the increase in the content of particulate reinforcements.
PB - Elsevier Science Sa, Lausanne
T2 - Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
T1 - Microstructural characterization and artificial aging of compo-casted hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites with graphite macroparticles
VL - 612
SP - 7
EP - 15
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2014.06.028
ER -
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author = "Bobić, Ilija and Ružić, Jovana and Bobić, Biljana and Babić, Miroslav and Vencl, Aleksandar and Mitrovic, Slobodan",
year = "2014",
url = "http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1566",
abstract = "Hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites were produced via compo-casting using the A356 aluminum alloy as the composite matrix, with silicon carbide microparticles (SiCp) and graphite macroparticles (Gr(p)) as reinforcements. The effect of the thixocasting process on the microstructure of a modified A356 alloy (with 0.03 mass% of strontium) was considered. The microstructures of the thixocast A356 alloy and the synthesized composite materials were examined by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The fracture surfaces of the composite matrix and the composites were also analyzed. The thixocast A356 alloy and the composites were subjected to artificial aging after a solution heat treatment. Aging kinetics was followed by hardness measurements. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was applied to reveal the presence of phases formed during artificial aging. The composites reached maximum hardness faster than the thixocast A356 alloy. The time required to attain peak hardness decreases with the increase in the content of particulate reinforcements.",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Sa, Lausanne",
journal = "Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing",
title = "Microstructural characterization and artificial aging of compo-casted hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites with graphite macroparticles",
volume = "612",
pages = "7-15",
doi = "10.1016/j.msea.2014.06.028"
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Bobić, I., Ružić, J., Bobić, B., Babić, M., Vencl, A.,& Mitrovic, S. (2014). Microstructural characterization and artificial aging of compo-casted hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites with graphite macroparticles.
Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
Elsevier Science Sa, Lausanne., 612, 7-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2014.06.028
Bobić I, Ružić J, Bobić B, Babić M, Vencl A, Mitrovic S. Microstructural characterization and artificial aging of compo-casted hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites with graphite macroparticles. Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing. 2014;612:7-15
Bobić Ilija, Ružić Jovana, Bobić Biljana, Babić Miroslav, Vencl Aleksandar, Mitrovic Slobodan, "Microstructural characterization and artificial aging of compo-casted hybrid A356/SiCp/Gr(p) composites with graphite macroparticles" Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 612 (2014):7-15,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2014.06.028 .
