PMID- 35160954
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220218
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 3
DP  - 2022 Jan 28
TI  - Effect of SiC Nanoparticles on AZ31 Magnesium Alloy.
LID - 10.3390/ma15031004 [doi]
LID - 1004
AB  - Magnesium alloys are attractive for the production of lightweight parts in modern 
      automobile and aerospace industries due to their advanced properties. Their 
      mechanical properties are usually enhanced by the incorporation with 
      reinforcement particles. In the current study, reinforced AZ31 magnesium alloy 
      was fabricated through the addition of bulk Al and the incorporation of SiC 
      nanoparticles using a stir casting process to obtain AZ31-SiC nanocomposites. 
      Scanning electron microscope (SEM) investigations revealed the formation of 
      Mg(17)Al(12) lamellar intermetallic structures and SiC clusters in the 
      nanocomposites. Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) detected the uniform 
      distribution of SiC nanoparticles in the AZ31-SiC nanocomposites. Enhancements in 
      hardness and yield strength (YS) were detected in the fabricated nanocomposites. 
      This behavior was referred to a joint strengthening mechanisms which showed 
      matrix-reinforcement coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and elastic modulus 
      mismatches, Orowan strengthening, and load transfer mechanism. The mechanical 
      properties and wear resistance were gradually increased with an increase in SiC 
      content in the nanocomposite. The maximum values were obtained from 
      nanocomposites containing 1 wt% of SiC (AZ31-1SiC). AZ31-1SiC nanocomposite YS 
      and hardness were improved by 27% and 30%, respectively, compared to AZ31 alloy. 
      This nanocomposite also exhibited the highest wear resistance; its wear mass loss 
      and depth of the worn surface decreased by 26% and 15%, respectively, compared to 
      AZ31 alloy.
FAU - Subramani, Murugan
AU  - Subramani M
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and 
      Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
FAU - Huang, Song-Jeng
AU  - Huang SJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6582-0339
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and 
      Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
FAU - Borodianskiy, Konstantin
AU  - Borodianskiy K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7489-6298
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220128
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC8839706
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - AZ31 magnesium alloy
OT  - mechanical properties
OT  - nanocomposites
OT  - stir casting
OT  - wear resistance
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/02/16 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/16 06:01
PMCR- 2022/01/28
CRDT- 2022/02/15 01:09
PHST- 2021/12/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/01/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/01/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/15 01:09 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/02/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/16 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/01/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma15031004 [pii]
AID - materials-15-01004 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma15031004 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2022 Jan 28;15(3):1004. doi: 10.3390/ma15031004.