Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique

Nickel Aluminium Bronze (NAB) is an excellent engineering material for maritime application due to its selective mechanical properties and relatively excellent corrosion resistant. However, NAB is susceptible to porosities due to dissolved gasses absorbed during its casting processes and adversely...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kavin, J., Mohd Rashidi, Maarof, Ahmad, A. H.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019
Subjects:
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30756/1/Investigation-of-nickel-aluminium-bronze-castings-properties-by-degassing-agent-technique2019IOP-Conference-Series-Materials-Science-and-Engineering.pdf
_version_ 1825813740848676864
author Kavin, J.
Mohd Rashidi, Maarof
Ahmad, A. H.
author_facet Kavin, J.
Mohd Rashidi, Maarof
Ahmad, A. H.
author_sort Kavin, J.
collection UMP
description Nickel Aluminium Bronze (NAB) is an excellent engineering material for maritime application due to its selective mechanical properties and relatively excellent corrosion resistant. However, NAB is susceptible to porosities due to dissolved gasses absorbed during its casting processes and adversely affects the mechanical properties. So, a degassing agent is added to the melt of NAB before the pouring process to reduce the dissolved gasses. A few parameters were initiated to investigate the effect of the degassing agent. Firstly, the effect of the degassing agent on the solidification behavior of the NAB alloy is studied using thermal analysis. Cooling curves can provide information on liquidus, eutectic, undercooling, recalescence and solidus temperature of the NAB alloy. Secondly, Differential thermal analysis (DTA) technique is employed to determine this thermal arrest temperature of NAB alloy from the cooling curves. The increasing in degassing agent addition will increase the average cooling rate of the NAB during solidification process but also slightly increasing the recalescence effect at the same time. It is discovered the higher cooling rate will reduce the dendritic growth and lead to better mechanical properties. Higher degassing addition also produced a smaller dendritic structure which promotes the higher mechanical strength. It has been proven through the tensile test, hardness test and microstructure analysis using FESEM. The relationship between, DAS average length, SDAS average length, tensile stress and hardness have been studied.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T12:48:31Z
format Conference or Workshop Item
id UMPir30756
institution Universiti Malaysia Pahang
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T12:48:31Z
publishDate 2019
publisher IOP Publishing
record_format dspace
spelling UMPir307562021-02-26T08:13:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30756/ Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique Kavin, J. Mohd Rashidi, Maarof Ahmad, A. H. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Nickel Aluminium Bronze (NAB) is an excellent engineering material for maritime application due to its selective mechanical properties and relatively excellent corrosion resistant. However, NAB is susceptible to porosities due to dissolved gasses absorbed during its casting processes and adversely affects the mechanical properties. So, a degassing agent is added to the melt of NAB before the pouring process to reduce the dissolved gasses. A few parameters were initiated to investigate the effect of the degassing agent. Firstly, the effect of the degassing agent on the solidification behavior of the NAB alloy is studied using thermal analysis. Cooling curves can provide information on liquidus, eutectic, undercooling, recalescence and solidus temperature of the NAB alloy. Secondly, Differential thermal analysis (DTA) technique is employed to determine this thermal arrest temperature of NAB alloy from the cooling curves. The increasing in degassing agent addition will increase the average cooling rate of the NAB during solidification process but also slightly increasing the recalescence effect at the same time. It is discovered the higher cooling rate will reduce the dendritic growth and lead to better mechanical properties. Higher degassing addition also produced a smaller dendritic structure which promotes the higher mechanical strength. It has been proven through the tensile test, hardness test and microstructure analysis using FESEM. The relationship between, DAS average length, SDAS average length, tensile stress and hardness have been studied. IOP Publishing 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30756/1/Investigation-of-nickel-aluminium-bronze-castings-properties-by-degassing-agent-technique2019IOP-Conference-Series-Materials-Science-and-Engineering.pdf Kavin, J. and Mohd Rashidi, Maarof and Ahmad, A. H. (2019) Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1st International Postgraduate Conference on Mechanical Engineering (IPCME2018) , 31 October 2018 , UMP Library, Pekan. pp. 1-12., 469 (012037). ISSN 1757-899X (Published) https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/469/1/012037
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Kavin, J.
Mohd Rashidi, Maarof
Ahmad, A. H.
Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
title Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
title_full Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
title_fullStr Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
title_short Investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
title_sort investigation of nickel aluminium bronze castings properties by degassing agent technique
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30756/1/Investigation-of-nickel-aluminium-bronze-castings-properties-by-degassing-agent-technique2019IOP-Conference-Series-Materials-Science-and-Engineering.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT kavinj investigationofnickelaluminiumbronzecastingspropertiesbydegassingagenttechnique
AT mohdrashidimaarof investigationofnickelaluminiumbronzecastingspropertiesbydegassingagenttechnique
AT ahmadah investigationofnickelaluminiumbronzecastingspropertiesbydegassingagenttechnique