Dry friction and wear behavior of in-situ Al/Al3Ti composite
Journal of Composite Materials
Published online on April 11, 2013
Abstract
Effects of different volume fractions of reinforcement and various loads applied in wear testing on dry tribological behavior of Al-Al3Ti in-situ composite were investigated. Mixture of aluminum and different amount of titanium powders has been compacted and combustion synthesized to obtain Al-Al3Ti composite with different percent of reinforcements. The results of pin-on-disk wear tests indicated that addition of Al3Ti to aluminum matrix increase wear resistance of the composite samples by 4 times compared to that of pure aluminum. In addition, presence of Al3Ti reinforcement reduced friction coefficient of the composites. Oxidation/abrasive mechanism was revealed to be dominant on wear behavior of Al-Al3Ti composites; adhesive wear decreased as volume fraction of the intermetallic increased in the composites.