Effect of graphene reinforcement on mechanical and microstructure behavior of AA8030/graphene composites fabricated by stir casting technique

Abstract

Aluminum matrix composite currently used in engineering applications due to their desirable combination of properties. Development of aluminium matrix composite has become an essential area of research interest in material science. Aluminium based graphene composite are finding increased application in electrical, automobile and aerospace applications because of its light weight. In this present work dealt with mechanical and microstructure properties AA8030 reinforced with 5 different wt% of Graphene. The bottom pouring stir casting machine was used to fabricate AA8030-Graphene composite. Fabricated samples were tested according to the ASTM standard. The microstructure and mechanical properties such as hardness, tensile strength, flexural strength of fabricated samples were evaluated.