The effects of mechanical alloying on the extrusion process of AA 6061 alloy reinforced with Si3N4



Document title: The effects of mechanical alloying on the extrusion process of AA 6061 alloy reinforced with Si3N4
Journal: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000312197
ISSN: 1678-5878
Authors: 1

2
Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Departamento de Ingeniería, Madrid. España
Year:
Season: Abr-Jun
Volumen: 25
Number: 2
Pages: 201-206
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract The synthesis of materials by high energy ball milling of powders was first developed for the production of complex oxide dispersion-strengthened nickel alloys for structural, high temperature applications but has been attracting attention in the field of fabrication processes like the production of intermetallic compounds, supersaturated solid solutions, amorphous materials and metal matrix composites. However, due to the high level of deformation imposed, the aluminum mechanically alloyed undergo extensive grain growth during the extrusion process, resulting in serious damage in the extruded materials. This work investigates the effects of mechanical alloying on the extrusion of AA6061 aluminum alloy and the same alloy reinforced with silicon nitride. In both cases, the energy of deformed particles produced extruded bars with coarse grains in the core, while in the periphery the higher rate of deformation in the extrusion process has prevented this coarsening, resulting in a material with heterogeneous microstructure and with poor mechanical properties. This grain growth can be prevented by a higher percentage of reinforcement in the composite materials or by annealing before extrusion
Disciplines: Ingeniería
Keyword: Ingeniería metalúrgica,
Compuestos de matriz metálica,
Aleaciones,
Aleación mecánica,
Pulvimetalurgia
Keyword: Engineering,
Metallurgical engineering,
Metal matrix composites,
Alloys,
Mechanical alloy,
Powder metallurgy
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