Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite

Aluminum is a light metal that is easily to be worn out. Improving the wear resistance of aluminum can be done by adding SiC powder to aluminum to raise its hardness. In this research, the aluminium alloy was melted and mixed with SiC powder that has been oxidized at 10500C for 10 hours to improve...

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Main Author: Keswara Sudarsono , Puti
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Language:Indonesia
Online Access:https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/23723
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spelling id-itb.:237232017-10-09T10:32:51ZStudy of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite Keswara Sudarsono , Puti Indonesia Final Project INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/23723 Aluminum is a light metal that is easily to be worn out. Improving the wear resistance of aluminum can be done by adding SiC powder to aluminum to raise its hardness. In this research, the aluminium alloy was melted and mixed with SiC powder that has been oxidized at 10500C for 10 hours to improve the wettability of SiC powder. The addition of 1% magnesium was done to further improve the wettability of SiC in aluminum. It was found that the addition of msagnesium improvs the hardness of the Al-SiC composite. The addition of 10%wt SiC powder proved to be optimal while addition of 15%wt SiC did not improve its hardness significantly. The problem of porosity due to the use of stirrer is a problem that is yet to be overcome. text
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description Aluminum is a light metal that is easily to be worn out. Improving the wear resistance of aluminum can be done by adding SiC powder to aluminum to raise its hardness. In this research, the aluminium alloy was melted and mixed with SiC powder that has been oxidized at 10500C for 10 hours to improve the wettability of SiC powder. The addition of 1% magnesium was done to further improve the wettability of SiC in aluminum. It was found that the addition of msagnesium improvs the hardness of the Al-SiC composite. The addition of 10%wt SiC powder proved to be optimal while addition of 15%wt SiC did not improve its hardness significantly. The problem of porosity due to the use of stirrer is a problem that is yet to be overcome.
format Final Project
author Keswara Sudarsono , Puti
spellingShingle Keswara Sudarsono , Puti
Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite
author_facet Keswara Sudarsono , Puti
author_sort Keswara Sudarsono , Puti
title Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite
title_short Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite
title_full Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite
title_fullStr Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite
title_full_unstemmed Study of the Effect of SiC Concentration and Magnesium Addition on Hardness of Aluminium Matrix Composite
title_sort study of the effect of sic concentration and magnesium addition on hardness of aluminium matrix composite
url https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/23723
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