A novel feeding technique in squeeze casting to improve reinforcement mixing ratio

Currently aluminium composites mostly used in aerospace, automotive productions because of their phenomenal mechanical and wear properties. Reinforcements act as a significant role to decrease/increase the properties of composites. Graphite act as a solid lubricant to improve wear resistance. Several researchers reported graphite reinforcement mixing ratio is less due to low-density ceramic particles. Aim of this research work to increase the mixing ratio of graphite with molten metal and evaluate the mechanical and wear properties of AA2024/Gr (0-10 wt%) composite using squeeze casting method. A novel encapsulates feeding technique was used in this research work to study the hardness, density, tensile strength, wear rate and microstructure properties. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 28th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials. All rights reserved.

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The study aims to enhance the mechanical and wear properties of AA2024/Gr (0-10 wt%) composite by increasing the mixing ratio of graphite with molten metal and utilizing a novel encapsulates feeding technique for analysis purposes.