CORROSION PROPERTIES OF ALUMINUM ALLOY PARTICULATE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE

Authors

  • Santhosh. T.U Assitant Professor & Research Scholar Department of Mechanical Engineering Shridevi Institute of Engineering and technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

Corrosion, Heat treatment, Polarisation, Metal matrix composite.

Abstract

This study describes   the corrosion characteristics of Al-Cu-Mg alloy-based composites reinforced with various amounts of Titanium reinforced particulates. Corrosion tests were performed on the unreinforced matrix alloy as well as on the various composites in both heat-treated and as-cast conditions. Polarization studies have been carried out in 3.5% NaCl solution using potentiostat model SEP238C.   Increased content of reinforcements in the matrix alloy improves the corrosion resistance of the developed composites.  Al-Cu-Mg matrix alloy has exhibited a corrosion rate of 2.375472 mpy, whereas  Al-Cu-Mg / 8wt % TiO2 has exhibited corrosion rate of 2.26424 mpy. Solution heat treatment at 5250C followed by artificial aging at 1750C was found to improve the corrosion resistance of the specimen tested.

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T.U, S. (2015). CORROSION PROPERTIES OF ALUMINUM ALLOY PARTICULATE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE. International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering (IJASRE), ISSN:2454-8006, DOI: 10.31695/IJASRE, 1(1), 01–05. Retrieved from https://ijasre.net/index.php/ijasre/article/view/840

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Volume 1, Issue 1 July (2015)

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