Age-hardening characteristics of δ-alumina fibre reinforced aluminium-silicon LM-13 alloy metal matrix composites

H. AKBULUT; M. DURMAN; F. YILMAZ

doi:doi:10.1051/jp4:19937278

Numéro		J. Phys. IV France Volume 03, Numéro C7, Novembre 1993 The 3rd European Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes Troisiéme Conférence Européenne sur les Matériaux et les Procédés Avancés


Page(s)		C7-1757 - C7-1760
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19937278

The 3rd European Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes
Troisiéme Conférence Européenne sur les Matériaux et les Procédés Avancés

J. Phys. IV France 03 (1993) C7-1757-C7-1760
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19937278

Age-hardening characteristics of δ-alumina fibre reinforced aluminium-silicon LM-13 alloy metal matrix composites

H. AKBULUT, M. DURMAN and F. YILMAZ

The University of Sakarya, 54188 Adapazan, Turkey

Abstract
Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) with an aluminium-silicon based LM-13 alloy and short-staple Saffil (δ-alumina) fibres with volume fractions of 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30 have been produced using a pressure liquid infiltration process. The standard T6 heat treatment procedure was applied to both the unreinforced matrix alloy and the composites, and the effect of the fibres on the age-hardening characteristics of the composites has been investigated by means of hardness measurements.