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Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites

Nowadays, aluminium metal matrix composites are widely used in various industrial applications, especially in automotive and aerospace industries. In engineering, rare earth elements (RE), such as yttrium, neodymium and cerium are widely used as alloying elements to improve the strength and wear res...

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Main Authors: Aziz, I., Ghandvar, H., Abu Bakar, T. I., Chong, C. Y.
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Language:English
Published: 2021
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96048/1/TuyAsmaAbu2021_EffectofPraseodymiumAddition.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.05.204
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spelling my.utm.960482022-07-03T04:38:45Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96048/ Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites Aziz, I. Ghandvar, H. Abu Bakar, T. I. Chong, C. Y. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Nowadays, aluminium metal matrix composites are widely used in various industrial applications, especially in automotive and aerospace industries. In engineering, rare earth elements (RE), such as yttrium, neodymium and cerium are widely used as alloying elements to improve the strength and wear resistance of composite materials. Therefore, this research project was done to investigate the effect of praseodymium (Pr) addition on wear behaviour of aluminium MMC of Al-15%Mg2Si composite. Microstructure analysis was carried out by using optical and SEM analyses. In addition, Vicker hardness and dry sliding wear tests were conducted to measure the effectiveness of Pr addition on mechanical and tribological properties of the fabricated composites. The result showed that Pr addition affected the microstructure and wear properties of aluminium composites. Pr addition with 1.0 wt% concentration gave the highest Mg2Si phase density of area and lowest value of wear rate with average wear rate of 2.3 mm3/km for 20 N applied load compared to 2.4 mm3/km for the base composite which indicated the positive effect of Pr addition on the wear resistance of composites. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96048/1/TuyAsmaAbu2021_EffectofPraseodymiumAddition.pdf Aziz, I. and Ghandvar, H. and Abu Bakar, T. I. and Chong, C. Y. (2021) Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites. In: 2019 Sustainable and Integrated Engineering International Conference, SIE 2019, 9 December 2019 - 10 December 2019, Putrajaya, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.05.204
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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Aziz, I.
Ghandvar, H.
Abu Bakar, T. I.
Chong, C. Y.
Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites
description Nowadays, aluminium metal matrix composites are widely used in various industrial applications, especially in automotive and aerospace industries. In engineering, rare earth elements (RE), such as yttrium, neodymium and cerium are widely used as alloying elements to improve the strength and wear resistance of composite materials. Therefore, this research project was done to investigate the effect of praseodymium (Pr) addition on wear behaviour of aluminium MMC of Al-15%Mg2Si composite. Microstructure analysis was carried out by using optical and SEM analyses. In addition, Vicker hardness and dry sliding wear tests were conducted to measure the effectiveness of Pr addition on mechanical and tribological properties of the fabricated composites. The result showed that Pr addition affected the microstructure and wear properties of aluminium composites. Pr addition with 1.0 wt% concentration gave the highest Mg2Si phase density of area and lowest value of wear rate with average wear rate of 2.3 mm3/km for 20 N applied load compared to 2.4 mm3/km for the base composite which indicated the positive effect of Pr addition on the wear resistance of composites.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Aziz, I.
Ghandvar, H.
Abu Bakar, T. I.
Chong, C. Y.
author_facet Aziz, I.
Ghandvar, H.
Abu Bakar, T. I.
Chong, C. Y.
author_sort Aziz, I.
title Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites
title_short Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites
title_full Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites
title_fullStr Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites
title_full_unstemmed Effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of Al-15%Mg2Si composites
title_sort effect of praseodymium addition on wear properties of al-15%mg2si composites
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96048/1/TuyAsmaAbu2021_EffectofPraseodymiumAddition.pdf
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