Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites
This study conducted tensile and hardness tests to compare the mechanical properties of Mg alloys and metal matrix composites with and without WS 2 or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. We also examined the microscopic structures to investigate their failure characteristics. Our results indicate that AZ...
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| author | Song-Jeng Huang Chien-Cheng Lin Jheng-Yang Huang Reshef Tenne |
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| description | This study conducted tensile and hardness tests to compare the mechanical properties of Mg alloys and metal matrix composites with and without WS 2 or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. We also examined the microscopic structures to investigate their failure characteristics. Our results indicate that AZ61 presented the best mechanical properties following the addition of WS 2 and solution heat treatment, and increasing the content of WS 2 improved the mechanical properties. This performance of this combination even outperformed that of metal matrix composites containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes. This study developed an image processing method, in which X-ray images of the metal matrix composite specimens undergo filtering, binarization, edge enhancement, and morphological calculations to determine the area of internal defects in Mg metal matrix composites. The results indicated reduced percentage of internal defect area values in AZ31-T4 and AZ61-T4 following the addition of 0.2% WS 2 inorganic nanotube (INT). X-ray diffraction results revealed that the solution heat treatment process causes the WS 2 to dissolve into the Mg base, thereby shifting the peak to the right. This improves solid solution strengthening and enhances the mechanical properties. Further observation of the microscopic structures indicated that the AZ61-T4 possesses finer grains than does the AZ31-T4, which is consistent with the existing literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2ab256727ad4816b587d23b2bf6e06e2022-12-22T02:28:23ZengSAGE PublishingAdvances in Mechanical Engineering1687-81402018-02-011010.1177/1687814017753442Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocompositesSong-Jeng Huang0Chien-Cheng Lin1Jheng-Yang Huang2Reshef Tenne3Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)Department of Materials and Interfaces, Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IsraelThis study conducted tensile and hardness tests to compare the mechanical properties of Mg alloys and metal matrix composites with and without WS 2 or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. We also examined the microscopic structures to investigate their failure characteristics. Our results indicate that AZ61 presented the best mechanical properties following the addition of WS 2 and solution heat treatment, and increasing the content of WS 2 improved the mechanical properties. This performance of this combination even outperformed that of metal matrix composites containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes. This study developed an image processing method, in which X-ray images of the metal matrix composite specimens undergo filtering, binarization, edge enhancement, and morphological calculations to determine the area of internal defects in Mg metal matrix composites. The results indicated reduced percentage of internal defect area values in AZ31-T4 and AZ61-T4 following the addition of 0.2% WS 2 inorganic nanotube (INT). X-ray diffraction results revealed that the solution heat treatment process causes the WS 2 to dissolve into the Mg base, thereby shifting the peak to the right. This improves solid solution strengthening and enhances the mechanical properties. Further observation of the microscopic structures indicated that the AZ61-T4 possesses finer grains than does the AZ31-T4, which is consistent with the existing literature.https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814017753442 |
| spellingShingle | Song-Jeng Huang Chien-Cheng Lin Jheng-Yang Huang Reshef Tenne Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites Advances in Mechanical Engineering |
| title | Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites |
| title_full | Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites |
| title_fullStr | Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites |
| title_short | Mechanical behavior enhancement of AZ31/WS and AZ61/WS magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites |
| title_sort | mechanical behavior enhancement of az31 ws and az61 ws magnesium metal matrix nanocomposites |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814017753442 |
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