Abstract
Al-Al2O3 and SiC metal matrix composites (MMCs) samples with different volume fractions up to 20% were produced by high-pressure torsion (HPT) using 10 GPa for 30 revolutions of Al-Al2O3, and SiC and powder metallurgy (PM). The effect of the processing method of micro-size Al MMCs on the density, microstructure evolution, mechanical properties, and tensile fracture mode was thoroughly investigated. HPT processing produces fully dense samples relative to those produced using powder metallurgy (PM). The HPT of the Al MMCs reduces the Al matrix grain size and fragmentation of the reinforcement particles. The Al matrix average grain size decreased to 0.39, 0.23, and 0.2 µm after the HPT processing of Al, Al-20% Al2O3, and SiC samples. Moreover, Al2O3 and SiC particle sizes decreased from 31.7 and 25.5 µm to 0.15 and 0.13 µm with a 99.5% decrease. The production of ultrafine grain (UFG) composite samples effectively improves the microhardness and tensile strength of the Al and Al MMCs by 31–88% and 10–110% over those of the PM-processed samples. The good bonding between the Al matrix and reinforcement particles noted in the HPTed Al MMCs increases the strength relative to the PM samples. The tensile fracture surface morphology results confirm the tensile properties results.
Subject
General Materials Science
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