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The influence of HPT on microstructure and wear resistance of Al-7wt%Si-2wt%Fe Alloy

  • Jittraporn Wongsa-Ngam*
  • , Jie Xu
  • , Chakkrist Phongphisutthinan
  • , Terence G. Langdon
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  • National Science and Technology Development Agency Thailand
  • University of Southern California

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Abstract

An aluminum silicon-based alloy (Al-7wt%Si-2wt%Fe) was subjected to severe plastic deformation by the high-pressure torsion (HPT) method. This HPT processing was conducted at room temperature up to five revolutions under a pressure of 6.0 GPa and rotation speed of 1.0 rpm. Observations of microstructure evolution, especially intermetallic phases, was carried out by an optical microscope (OM) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM). It was found that the ironintermetallic particles decreased in size with numbers of turns. This is due to the large strain introduced during HPT processing which produced a degree of fragmentation of intermetallic phases which increased with the imposed strain. In addition, wear behaviors of the as-cast and samples deformed by HPT were also investigated using micro-tribometer UMT-2 (CETR Co., USA) following the ASTM G99-05 (2010) standard. The friction coefficient and wear volume loss were measured to evaluate the effect of imposed strain during HPT processing on wear resistance. It was found that the values of the average friction coefficient were slightly lower in deformed samples and the wear volume loss decreased with increasing numbers of turns.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTHERMEC 2021 - International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications
EditorsMihail Ionescu, Christof Sommitsch, Cecilia Poletti, Ernst Kozeschnik, Tara Chandra
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages1618-1623
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783035736304
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventInternational Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications, THERMEC 2021 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 10 May 202114 May 2021

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
Volume1016 MSF
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications, THERMEC 2021
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period10/05/2114/05/21

Keywords

  • Aluminum silicon-based alloy
  • Friction coefficient
  • High-pressure torsion
  • Microstructure
  • Wear resistance

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