Effect of Amorphous Layer on the Microstructure and Properties of AlB4C Layered Composite

Paulo A. Inacio; Yubo Zhang; Jinchuan.Jie; Tingju. Li

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Volume 67 | Issue 6 | Year 2019 | Article Id. IJETT-V67I6P210 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V67I6P210

Effect of Amorphous Layer on the Microstructure and Properties of AlB4C Layered Composite

Paulo A. Inacio,Yubo Zhang ,Jinchuan.Jie, Tingju. Li

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Paulo A. Inacio,Yubo Zhang ,Jinchuan.Jie, Tingju. Li, "Effect of Amorphous Layer on the Microstructure and Properties of AlB4C Layered Composite," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 52-58, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V67I6P210

Abstract

An Al-Al+B4C-Al layered composite was produced by semi-continuous casting and hot rolling method, the innerlayer is Almatrix reinforced by 40wt.% B4C (F60), while the outlayer is pure Al. The result shows that the composite innerlayer (Al-B4C) has a high macrohardness of 43HBS1.5/125/30, once the outlayer pure Al has 16.5HBS1.5/125/30. However, due to the significant difference between Al and B4C in the inner layer, there are always defects near their interface and there is a sharp hardness gradient. By means of surface alloying, oxidation and acid attack on the reinforcement surface, a microamorphous transition (MAT) layer was found bounding the reinforcement’s particles. The microhardness behaviour shows the MATlayer has ~900HV (1Kgf/15s) on the reinforcement boundary and decays exponentially until the transition layer have no effect on the Almatrix (~32HV). This MAT layer bounding the reinforcement reduces the properties gradient and raises the composability, leading to a better impact resistance

Keywords

B4C, layered composite, Amorphous Layer, Reinforcementtreatment

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