Vol 4 , Issue 3 , July - September 2016 | Pages: 87-90 | Research Paper
Received: April 02, 2016 | Revised: May 20, 2016 | Accepted: May 28, 2016 | Published Online: October 15, 2016
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Heat treatment of aluminium alloys are affected by means of precipitation hardening comprising the following steps: solutionizing, quenching and aging at room temperature (natural aging) or at elevated temperature (artificial aging). Nevertheless, during precipitation hardening of aluminium matrix-based discontinuously reinforced composites, in the solutionizing stage, the matrix alloy is modified quite significantly due to the occurrence of dislocations. The main problem faced in the heat treatment process is the selection of optimum combination of precipitation of hardening parameters for achieving the required mechanical and tribological properties of composites.
Keywords
Solutionizing Temperature; Solutionizing Time; Aging Temperature; Aging Time.