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Effect of particle size and weight fraction of SiC on the mechanical, tribological, morphological, and structural properties of Al-5.6Zn-2.2Mg-1.3Cu composites using RSM: fabrication, characterization, and modelling

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Ravinder Kumar a , Kanishka Jha a , Shubham Sharma b,c,e,**, Vineet Kumar d , Changhe Li e , Elsayed Mohamed Tag Eldin f,* , S. Rajkumar g,***, G. Krolczyk  h,
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Stir-casting was employed to create Al-5.6Zn-2.2Mg-1.3Cu composites with particle sizes ranging from 30 to 90 μm and a weight fraction of 515 SiC articles. The mechanical and wear properties of the material have been assessed. The wear behaviour of Al-5.6Zn-2.2Mg-1.3Cu composites was investigated using dry pin-on-disc wear testing. Various loads (20 N60 N), speeds (2 m/s6 m/s), and sliding distances (2000 m–4000 m) were used in the sliding wear experiments. In the experimental process, XRD, SEM, and EDX were used to characterise the microstructures and materials of diverse composites. Uniform dispersion of the SiC particles is clearly observed in the SEM image. The microhardness of SiC particles increases by 13% when the weight percent of SiC particles is increased from 5% to 15%. SiC particles outperform tiny SiC particles in terms of wear resistance. With increasing load, the particular wear rate showed an increasing trend (2060 N). The wear rate of the composite lowers as the weight percentage reinforcement increases (5 wt.% to 15 wt.%), and the wear rate of the composite increases when the particle size (30 μm90 μm) increases. The results demonstrated that composites supplemented with coarse SiC particles outperform those supplemented with fine SiC particles in terms of wear resistance.

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