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Aging characteristics of a high volume fraction SiCp/LD2 composite

  • Min Zhao
  • , Gaohui Wu*
  • , Longtao Jiang
  • , Dongli Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A 40 vol%SiCp/LD2 composite was fabricated by squeeze casting, and the effect of high volume fraction SiC particulate on aging characteristics at different aging temperatures was studied. The results show that the strengthening effect due to the addition of particles plays the leading role and aging strengthening is not the major strengthening mechanism for the high volume fraction SiCp/LD2 composite. With the increasing of temperature the precipitation processes become accelerated, and the time to reach the peak hardness is shortened. Comparatively, at low aging temperature the peak hardness of composite is the highest and the aging process is more accelerated than that of LD2 alloy. The formation of G. P. region is severely suppressed and the thermal diffusion activation energy of β′ phase is decreased due to the addition of SiC particles, which causes the precipitation of β′ phase easier and the precipitation temperature range wider than that of LD2 alloy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-95
Number of pages5
JournalFuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica
Volume21
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jun 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aging characteristic
  • DSC
  • High volume fraction particle reinforced composite
  • SiC particles
  • Squeeze casting
  • Thermal diffusion activation energy

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