Camagu, STGovender, GMöller, H2014-02-032014-02-032013-07Camagu, S.T, Govender, G and Möller, H. 2013. Wear behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy reinforced with micron and nano size SiC particles. In: Light Metals Technology 2013, Old Windsor, United Kingdom, 24-26 July 2013, pp 554-557http://www.scientific.net/MSF.765.554http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7184Light Metals Technology 2013, Old Windsor, United Kingdom, 24-26 July 2013.A method for producing metal matrix composites MMC was successfully implemented for mixing nano and low micron (“Hybrid”) sized SiC reinforcing particles in an aluminium alloy matrix. Due to the improved specific modulus and strength, MMC’s are particularly useful in the application of moving engineering parts. Tribology of these components is therefore a critical evaluation towards their service performance. Pin on disc wear behaviour of the fabricated hybrid composites under dry sliding conditions was performed. Mild steel disk was used as the wear counter-face at ambient temperature (~ 25ºC). A significant improvement in wear resistance was achieved for the MMHC. The wear mechanism was evaluated using stereo and scanning electron microscopy and found to be sliding and adhesive type of wear.enCompositesHybrid particlesMetal matrixTribologyPin on DiskConference PresentationCamagu, S., Govender, G., & Möller, H. (2013). Wear behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy reinforced with micron and nano size SiC particles. Scientific Research Publishing. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7184Camagu, ST, G Govender, and H Möller. "Wear behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy reinforced with micron and nano size SiC particles." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7184Camagu S, Govender G, Möller H, Wear behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy reinforced with micron and nano size SiC particles; Scientific Research Publishing; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7184 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Camagu, ST AU - Govender, G AU - Möller, H AB - A method for producing metal matrix composites MMC was successfully implemented for mixing nano and low micron (“Hybrid”) sized SiC reinforcing particles in an aluminium alloy matrix. Due to the improved specific modulus and strength, MMC’s are particularly useful in the application of moving engineering parts. Tribology of these components is therefore a critical evaluation towards their service performance. Pin on disc wear behaviour of the fabricated hybrid composites under dry sliding conditions was performed. Mild steel disk was used as the wear counter-face at ambient temperature (~ 25ºC). A significant improvement in wear resistance was achieved for the MMHC. The wear mechanism was evaluated using stereo and scanning electron microscopy and found to be sliding and adhesive type of wear. DA - 2013-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Composites KW - Hybrid particles KW - Metal matrix KW - Tribology KW - Pin on Disk LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 T1 - Wear behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy reinforced with micron and nano size SiC particles TI - Wear behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy reinforced with micron and nano size SiC particles UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7184 ER -