%0 Conference Paper
%A Bakthavatchalam, B.
%A Habib, K.
%A Patil, N.
%A Hussein, O.A.
%D 2018
%F scholars:9786
%I EDP Sciences
%K Alloying elements; Aluminum compounds; Hardness; Silicon carbide, Aluminium-silicon; Grain size; Hardness enhancement; High durability; Matrix materials; Microstructural analysis; Microstructure analysis; Silicon phase, Mechanical properties
%R 10.1051/matecconf/201822503007
%T Microstructural analysis of Al6063/sic with calcium additives for hardness enhancement
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/9786/
%V 225
%X Microstructural Analysis plays an important role in enhancing the mechanical properties of metals and composites. Usually Aluminium Silicon Carbide (Al6063/SiC) alloys are mixed with strontium, sodium and antimony for high durability even though they are toxic and costly. As an alternative calcium is used as an alloying element to improve the mechanical property of Al6063/Sic alloy. In this paper Al6063 is chosen as the matrix material while Sic is used as a reinforcement where calcium powder is added to modify the silicon phase of the composite. Finally, concentration of Silicon carbide is varied from 0 to 150 mg to produce four specimens of Al6063 alloy and it is subjected to microstructure analysis which showed the reduction of grain size and therefore improvement in the hardness from 52.9 HV to 58.4 HV and decrease in the wear loss from 3.97 to 3.27 percentage. © 2018 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.
%Z cited By 0; Conference of 2018 UTP-UMP-VIT Symposium on Energy Systems, SES 2018 ; Conference Date: 18 September 2018 Through 19 September 2018; Conference Code:141921