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Yusuf Afandi1,2 and Anne Zulfia2
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6213/2019.7-8.003
1. Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Tamgerang Selatan 15314, Indonesia
2. Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
Aluminium-based MMCs (metal matrix composites) have many potential applications in the automotive manufacturing industry, aerospace and military because the aluminum has a low density. Aluminum as a matrix with Al2O3 reinforcement has attracted interest to be developed in order to improve the mechanical property. The study carried out the formation of Al-5%Cu-4%Mg matrix with the reinforcement of Al2O3 by thixoforming process. In this paper, we studied the effect of semisolid thixoforming process on strength of Al-5%Cu-4%Mg matrix. The matrix used here was doped by Al2O3 with the volume fraction from 5% to 20%. It is found that strength of MMCs significantly increases with increasing volume fraction of Al2O3 reinforcement from 5% to 20%. This is due to a good wettability in interface region such as formation of spinel MgAl2O4 phase. Moreover, toughness of MMCs increases by process of semisolid thixoforming due to evolution of microstructure such as globular and fine grain structures. These results indicate that the thixocasting process conducted in this study could increase the value of the matrix hardness and tensile strength, so that such process opens up opportunity for application in the manufacturing industry.
MMCs, Al-5%Cu-4%Mg, semisolid thixoforming, Al2O3 reinforcement, high strength material.