WEAR AND THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF GRAPHITE PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT IN ZA-27 ALLOY COMPOSITES FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Keywords:
Metal Matrix Composites, Wear, MicrostructureAbstract
The objective of present work is to investigate the effect of macroscopic graphite particles on Wear and thermal behavior of ZA-27 alloy composites. Compo casting technique was used to prepare the composites, in which the graphite particles were used to reinforce ZA-27 alloy .Wear tests were conducted using pin on disc sliding wear testing apparatus under unlubricated conditions at various load and speeds, results indicates that the tribological properties improves with the addition of graphite particle
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