Analyzing the Cooling Rate and Its Effect on Distribution of Pattern and Size of the Titanium Diboride Particles Formed | Zendy

P. Senthil Kumar | Zendy; Pon Selvan Chithirai | Zendy; D. Antony Prabu | Zendy; G. Surya Prakash | Zendy; V. Murali Krishna | Zendy; Jemal Mohammed Yimer | Zendy

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Analyzing the Cooling Rate and Its Effect on Distribution of Pattern and Size of the Titanium Diboride Particles Formed

Author(s) -

P. Senthil Kumar,

Pon Selvan Chithirai,

D. Antony Prabu,

G. Surya Prakash,

V. Murali Krishna,

Jemal Mohammed Yimer

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

advances in materials science and engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 1687-8442

pISSN - 1687-8434

DOI - 10.1155/2021/1364423

Subject(s) - materials science , titanium diboride , exothermic reaction , ingot , microstructure , crucible (geodemography) , titanium , graphite , aluminium , metallurgy , composite material , ceramic , thermodynamics , alloy , chemistry , physics , computational chemistry

In this work, we synthesize Al/TiB2 metal matrix composites (MMC) based on the effect of cooling rate in the melt while pouring into the permanent mold condition. The objective of this paper is to achieve the desired distribution pattern and increased TiB2 particles’ size in the Al/TiB2 MMC ingot. Two halide salts, viz., potassium hexafluorotitanate (K2TiF6) and potassium tetrafluoroborate (KBF4), are procured and measured. The two salts were mixed with the aluminium melt in the crucible, and it is stirred manually with help of a graphite rod. Because of the exothermic reaction, the melt reacts very quickly and that is what dropped the salts slowly. The salt particles were synthesized because of the exothermic reaction, and it will allow the particles to grow. The size and distribution of particles differ at different place in the MMC. An FEA tool ProCAST was used to analyze the cooling rate of the melt, and SEM is used to study the microstructure of the ingot at different places. The microstructures helped to identify the size of reinforcement in the MMC. The TiB2 particles are distributed more at this location at 810°C, and the TiB2 particles formed various clusters in this zone as 70%–80%. Also, the tribological characteristics are analyzed with the help of the results.

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