Synthesis and Workability Behavior of Cu-X wt.% TiC (x = 0, 4, 8, and 12) Powder Metallurgy Composites

V Mohanavel; M Ravichandran; K S Ashraff Ali; T Sathish; Alagar Karthick; S Arungalai Vendan; Palanivel Velmurugan; Saleh H Salmen; Saleh Alfarraj; S Sivakumar; Atkilt Mulu Gebrekidan

doi:10.1155/2022/8101680

Synthesis and Workability Behavior of Cu-X wt.% TiC (x = 0, 4, 8, and 12) Powder Metallurgy Composites

Bioinorg Chem Appl. 2022 May 21:2022:8101680. doi: 10.1155/2022/8101680. eCollection 2022.

Authors

V Mohanavel^{1

2}, M Ravichandran^{3

4}, K S Ashraff Ali⁵, T Sathish⁶, Alagar Karthick⁷, S Arungalai Vendan⁸, Palanivel Velmurugan¹, Saleh H Salmen⁹, Saleh Alfarraj¹⁰, S Sivakumar¹¹, Atkilt Mulu Gebrekidan¹²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 600073 Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali 140413, Punjab, India.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy-621112, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering and University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali 140413, Punjab, India.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering and Technology, Vellore 632509, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁷ Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore 641407, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁸ Department of Electronics and Communication, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
⁹ Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Bioenvironmental Energy, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang-si 50463, Republic of Korea.
¹² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Arba Minch Institute of Technology (AMIT), Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.

Abstract

In this work, copper (Cu) matrix composite reinforced with titanium carbide (TiC) was fabricated by powder metallurgy (PM) method with the varying TiC content from 0% to 12% by weight in the step of 4%. The required weight percentage of powders was milled in an indigenously developed ball milling setup. Green compacts were made using a computer-controlled hydraulic press (400 kN) and sintered in a muffle furnace at a temperature of 950°C. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to analyze the distribution of TiC particles in Cu matrix in as-sintered conditions. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis resulted in the existence of respective phases in the produced composites. The structural characteristics such as stress, strain, dislocation density, and grain size of the milled composites were evaluated. Cold upsetting was conducted for the sintered composites at room temperature to evaluate the axial (σ _z ), hoop (σ _ө ), hydrostatic (σ _m ), and effective (σ _eff ) true stresses. These stresses were analyzed against true axial strain (ε _z ). Results showed that the increase in the inclusion of weight percentage of TiC into the Cu matrix increases density, hardness, (σ _z ), (σ _ө ), (σ _m ), (σ _eff ), and stress ratio parameters such as (σ _z /σ _eff ), (σ _θ /σ _eff ), (σ _m /σ _eff ), and (σ _z /σ _θ ) of the composites.

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