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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.12.5438

A Study on the Fabrication of 2700 Series Al-alloy Sintered for Automobile Application  

Lim, Tae-Whan (Department of Hybrid Engineering, Sunmoon University)
Jang, Tae-Suk (Department of Hybrid Engineering, Sunmoon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.12, 2011 , pp. 5438-5442 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to use as weight-reduced sintered parts for automobiles, mechanical properties of sintered compacts of 2712 Al-alloys containing 0, 10, 20, and 33% ceramics, respectively, were investigated in this study. (1)Regardless of ceramic contents, all sintered compacts possessed 4~7% pores. (2)After aging the compacts sintered for 12 minutes, tensile strength of the 2712 Al-alloys containing 0, 10, 20, and 33% ceramics was 165, 260, 256, and 166 N/$mm^2$, respectively, whereas those aged after sintering for 30 minutes exhibited the tensile strength of 186, 229, 219, and 202 N/$mm^2$, respectively. In addition, the 2712 sintered compact containing 10% ceramics showed the maximum elongation of about 3.6%, (3)After aging the 10% ceramic-containing sintered compacts reached a maximum apparent hardness ($H_RF$) of 97. (4)The minimum wear volume ($174{\times}10^{-3}mm^3$) was shown in the 10% ceramic-containing 2712 sintered compact after aging. From these results, the 2712 sintered compact containing 10% ceramics thought to be the most suitable one for the fabrication of aluminum engine part.
Keywords
Automobile; Sintered compact; Aging; Tensile strength; Wear;
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