MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ALUMINIUM MATRIX COMPOSITE USING RECYCLED WASTE BEVERAGE CANS REINFORCED WITH CSAp , ZnOp , Fep AND B4Cp

摘要

Beverage cans are manufactured from aluminium. Worldwide production of beverage cans is huge. By recycling beverage cans they can be reused for other purposes. In this Aluminium Matrix Composite (AMC), aluminium forms a network that is matrix phase and ceramic or non-metallic material used as reinforcement. Sand casting procedure is useful for production of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites. AMC was produced with the addition of different percentage of Coconut Shell Ash (CSA), Zinc oxide (ZnO), Iron (Fe) and Boron Carbide (B4C). It is found out that wear loss decreases and ultimate tensile strength increases with the increase in weight percent of CSA, zinc oxide, boron carbide and iron. But variation in percentage of elongation is less. This may be due to the existence of non-metallic and ceramic materials which raise the hardness and improve Tribological properties of AMC.