Wear behaviour of an Al-12% Si alloy reinforced with a low volume fraction of SiC particles

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1551-1558

  Tjong, S C ^a   Wu, S Q ^b   Liao, H C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. particle reinforced composites; B. wear; C. scanning electron microscopy; D. casting; E. plastic deformation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CASTING; DELAMINATION; HARDNESS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALLOGRAPHY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; VOLUME FRACTION; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

ALUMINUM SILICON ALLOYS; BLOCK ON RING TEST; COMPOCASTING PROCESS;

FIBER REINFORCED METALS;

EID: 0031380407     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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