Tribological Properties And Heat Treatment On Aluminium A356 Bolstered With Bottom Ash Metallic Matrix Composites

Abstract

The key goal of this study is to investigate the impact of thermal treatment. on the tri-bological attributes of Aluminium Metallic Matrixs Compound (AMMCs).The metal structure of A356 is reinforced by bottom ash particles. The practise of stir casting is what leads to the development of the composite.Bottom ash particulates are reinforced atdifferent weight percentage ranges from 0wt% - 8wt% in phases about 2wt%.Experiments were done with a pin-on-disk dry-slide wear assessment system to examine the wear behaviour. Various applied weights, sliding velocity values, and coefficients of resistance were tested while retaining the sliding distances and duration constant. The composites subjected to heat treatment exhibited improved resistance to wear in contrast to the composites that were not heat treated. Micrographic analysis is conducted by using patterns created by X-ray diffraction  and pictures produced by electron microscopes (SEM). It was determined that there was a consistent distribution of bottom ash particulate matter in the A356 substrate alloy of composites, which was one of the findings from XRD that supported the presence of bottom ash particles.