Some mechanical properties of extruded and drawn powder metallurgy Al SiCp composites

摘要

The effects of cold drawing on mechanical properties of Al-(5 and 10%)SiC composites, manufactured by hot extrusion of cold pressed powder mixture preforms, are reported. To assess the effect of SiC powder additions, similarly processed aluminium powder specimens were tested. The drawing was of 17 mm diameter machined extruded rods on a chain drawnbench with 16, 14 and 12.2 mm diameter dies. Tensile and compressive properties were investigated after extrusion and after each pass of the drawing process. The yield stress of aluminum and Al-SiC composites after extrusion is comparable and is in the range 60-66 MPa. Similarly is, in the case of the tensile strength of these materials, which was 82-94 MPa. As a result of the drawing process, a significant increase in yield strength, tensile strength and hardness was obtained, dependent on the strain during drawing. The yield strength of aluminum after drawing to a diameter of 12.2 mm increased from 60 to 132 MPa and for composites AlSSiC and Al-10SiC increased respectively from 65 to 146 and from 66 to 140 MPa. The tensile strength of aluminum after drawing to the smallest diameter increased from 94 to 139 MPa, and for composites with 5% SiC and 10% SiC increased from 93 to 149 and from 82 to 136 MPa, respectively. The addition of 5 and 10% SiC particles to the aluminum matrix increase the hardness from 23 to values above 29 HV and after drawing to a diameter 12.2 mm, it increased to 43 and 46 HV for material with 5 and 10% SiC, respectively.