THE EFFECTS OF STIRRING SPEED AND REINFORCElVIENT PARTICLES ON POROSITY FORMATION IN CAST MMC
Keywords:
Aluminium-silicon alloy, silicon carbide particle, cast MMC, stir casting and porosity.Abstract
This study on porosity in cast metal matrix composite (MMC) was particular to discontinuous
silicon carbide particles reinforced aluminium silicon alloy. Stir casting with three different
stirring speeds and weight percentage of silicon carbide particles were applied to cast the
specimens for porosity measurement. The results were measured from samples of 100, 200 and
500 rpm of stirring speed as well as from the effect of reinforcing silicon carbide particles in
aluminium silicon alloy at 0, 5, 10 and 15%. Clustering particles at 100 rpm stirring speed
tempted porosity formation among the reinforcement particles. At 200 rpm, the MMC contained
less porosity as particles were distributed quite uniformly compared to the 100 rpm stirred
sample. At 500 rpm, the MMC contained higher porosity, where entrapment of gas occurred more during stirring . However, the silicon carbide particles were distributed uniformly. Porosity
presence was at leas t 0.09% in un-reinforced alloy stirred at 200 rpm while the highest content of porosity, 15.28%, was measured in 500 rpm reinforced specimen.
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