Influence of SiC reinforcement particles on the tribocorrosion behaviour of AlSiCp FGMs in 0.05M NaCl solution

a C Vieira (1) , L A Rocha (1) , Stéphane Mischler (2)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering
2 Tribology and Interface Chemistry Group

The main aim of this work was to study and understand the influence of SiC particles on the corrosion and tribocorrosion of Al matrix composite materials. For that, Al-SiC p functionally graded composites were produced by centrifugal casting and different SiC p contents were achieved. Their mechanical properties were improved by age-hardening heat-treatments. The tribocorrosion behaviour was studied in 0.05M NaCl solutions using a reciprocating motion tribometer involving an alumina ball sliding against the Al based samples. Above critical SiC particles content the matrix alloy surface was found protected against wear by SiC particles protruding from the surface. Below this threshold content, the SiC reinforcement was inefficient and the wear rate of the composite was the same as the non reinforced alloy.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

a C Vieira, L A Rocha, Stéphane Mischler. Influence of SiC reinforcement particles on the tribocorrosion behaviour of AlSiCp FGMs in 0.05M NaCl solution. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011, 44 (18), pp.185301. ⟨10.1088/0022-3727/44/18/185301⟩. ⟨hal-00614339⟩