Bathula, Sivaiah and Saravanan, M. and Dhar, Ajay (2012) Nanoindentation and Wear Characteristics of Al 5083/SiCp Nanocomposites Synthesized by High Energy Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering. Journal of Materials Science and Technology , 28 (11). pp. 969-975. ISSN 1005-0302

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Abstract

Al 5083/10 wt% SiCp nano composites have been synthesized by means of high energy ball milling followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS). Nano composites produced via this method exhibited near-theoretical density while retaining the nano-grained features. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicated that the crystalline size of the ball milled Al 5083 matrix was observed to be similar to 25 nm and it was coarsened up to similar to 30 nm after SPS. Nano indentation results of nano composites demonstrated a high hardness of similar to 280 HV with an elastic modulus of 126 GPa. Wear and friction characteristics with addition of SiCp reinforcement exhibited significant improvement in terms of coefficient of friction and specific wear rate to that of nano structured Al 5083 alloy. The reduction in specific wear rate in the nanocomposite was mainly due to the change of wear mechanism from adhesive to abrasive wear with the addition of SiCp which resulted in high hardness associated with nano-grained microstructure.

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Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2026 11:07
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URI:	https://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3483

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