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Creep behavior of a cast 359/SiC/10p aluminum composite

โœ Scribed by Osama A Hamed; M.A Shady; A.R El-Desouky


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Weight
727 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0261-3069

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โœฆ Synopsis


Aluminum 359rSiCr10p composite was processed via ingot metallurgy using ultrasonic techniques to refine the grains, fragment the dendrite and the primary silicon and to disperse the uniform silicon carbide particles within the matrix. The relatively low melting temperature coupled with short stirring time and high solidification rate resulted in composites having high ลฝ . strength with adequate ductility. The tensile creep behavior of the heat treated T61 composite has been investigated over a temperature range of 523แސ723 K. It is shown that the composite exhibits threshold creep behavior up to at least 750 K. The origin of the threshold stress is not well understood, however, the concepts of load transfer to particulate and the long range internal back stress generated in creep were discussed. The stress exponent varies from 5 to 9, depending on the test temperature. The activation energy for creep was estimated as ; 250 kJrmol, which is quite high when compared with 142 kJrmol, the value for self-diffusion in pure Al. The difference is accounted for by the temperature dependence of the threshold stress.