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Mechanical Characteristics of AA7075 reinforced with Tungsten carbide produced by stir casting
Arun Prakash S2, Shaikh Anis Abdul Razzak2 Ajay Christan F2,Logesh M1
1 Assistant Professor, 2 Final year students Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College
Abstract
The present works shows about the fabrication of composites and its characterization of
Aluminium metal matrix composites (AMCs) AA7075 T6 base metal base with Tungsten
carbide (WC) particulate with various reinforcements 2.5%, 5.0%.7.5%, 10%, 12.5% was
produced by stir casting technique. WC particle size of 3-4 µm was used as reinforcement to
disperse in matrix. Mechanical properties and Micro-structure was studied. Increased
reinforcement percentage gives higher hardness value and tensile strength.
Keywords Aluminium metal matrix composites, Tungsten carbide, stir casting
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1.Introduction
A particle-reinforced composite was widely used in used in automotive, aerospace, opto-
mechanical assembly’s components.They are used in metals, polymers and ceramics.Composites
are generally contains equiaxed ceramic reinforcements with an aspect ratio less than about 5.
Ceramic reinforcements are generally oxides or carbides or borides (Al2O3 or SiC or TiB2) and
present in volume fraction less than 30% when used for structural and wear resistance
applications [2]
2. Experimental
2.1 Material
Aluminium 7075 alloy was selected due its excellent strength and hardness especially it
was used in aerospace industries so it was selected has base metal chemical composition is
shown in Table 1
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Table 1 Chemical composition of Aluminium 7075
Weight% Al Si Fe Cu Mn Mg Cr Zn Ti
7075 Rem 0.4 0.5 2 0.3 2.9 0.28 6.1 0.2
Many researches investigated with various reinforcements like SiC, B4C.Al2O3 etc out of which
WC was hardest one due to its unique property it was selected.The properties of WC was
presented in Table 2
Table 2 Properties of WC[1]
Density Expansion Young’s Modulus
15.63x10-3 kg m-3 5.09 10-6 oC -1
669 GPa (240C)
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Fig.1 Tungsten carbide particle size 4µm
2.2 Fabrication of Composites
In this present work AA7075 was used has base metal and reinforcement of WC(4µm)
was fabricated by stir casting technique.So many casing techniques was there like squeezee
casting,investment casting etc., out of which stir casting was economical one for fabrication of
plates.Typical stir casting technique (bottom pouring )experimental setup was shown in Fig.2
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Fig.2 Stir casting Machine (bottom pouring)
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Initially AA 7075 base metal was bought in the form of rod and WC in the form of powder
(4µm) Initially Tungsten carbide powder was heated upto 200̊ C to remove the moisture present
in the particles. After that AA7075 is heated in the stir casting furnace upto 800̊ C then the
Tungsten carbide is added to the molten metal by weight percentage ratio with a constant stirring
speed of 400 rpm for 5 min .The following weightpercentage is carried out for preparing
composites.The various reinforcements are 2.5%, 5.0%.7.5%, 10%, 12.5%The reason for the
selection of low % addition is to obtain good weld ability. Otherwise, formation of fine particles
or flaws can be occur.
After adding Tungsten carbide to the molten metal, molten metal must be stirred properly
for the even distribution of the reinforcement particles.Mould was prepared in each mould 5
plates the dimension of 100 x 50 x5 mm then the molten metal was poured in sand mould thus
plates was produced . Repeated this process various plates were fabricated plates was shown in
figure 3.
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Fig.3 Fabricated composite plate with various reinforcements
2.3 Hardness and tensile strength
Hardness and tensile test specimen was prepared as per ASTM standards 5X3 mm plates
was polished finely then then Vickers and Brinell hardness was carried out HV 10kg and BHN
(5mm ball/250kg) the trends in the result shows that when the reinforcement percentage was
increase hardness value also increased gradually the result shows in the figure 4 and 5.
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86.8
91.5 92
96.7 97.2
2.5 5 7.5 10 12.582
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
Vickers Hardness (HV)
Tungsten carbide (WC %)
Vick
ers H
ardn
ess (
HV)
Fig.4 Vickers Hardness value for various reinforcements
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81.3
87.7 87.7
95
97.2
2.5 5 7.5 10 12.580
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
Brinell Hardness (BHN)
Tungsten carbide (WC %)
Brin
ell H
ardn
ess (
BHN
)
Fig.5 Brinell Hardness value for various reinforcements
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Tensile test specimen was prepared by machining the plate gauge length100mm length and
thickness 5mm.The test was performed using ultimate tensile test machine the test samples was
shown in figure 6.
Fig.6 Tensile test specimen
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142
148 149152
132
2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5100
110
120
130
140
150
160
EFFECT OF UTS
TUNGSTEN CARBIDE (WC ) %
ULT
IMAT
E ST
REN
GTH
(MPA
)
Fig.7 Ultimate Tensile stress with varying reinforcements
The above Figure 7 shows by varying the reinforcement UTS was increased at 12.5% it was
decreased this would be due to more particles presence.
2.4 Optical Microscopic Structure of Composite Plates
OM was performed after etching with Nital reagent for various samples result shows the
presence of tungsten carbide and various casting defects was observed like porus,voids,unfused
shown in figure 8 Magnification of 100X.
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Fig.8 Typical Optical micro structure after etching with Nital reagent a) 2.5% WC b)5%WC c)12.5%
3. Result and Discussion
Thus the composite was fabricated successfully with various WC reinforcement percentage
By increasing the reinforcement hardness value was increased due to the presence of
tungsten carbide.
In ultimate tensile stress(Mpa) the value was increased gradually up to sample 4 at 12.5%
addition tungsten carbide strength was decreased.
a b
c
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Optical Microscopic result shows that there are so many casting defects was observed like
voids, due to uneven fusion inter metallic defects,cracks was observed this shows their effect
in tensile strength.
Present work shows for preparing composites sand casting technique was not preferable.
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