Open AccessComparison of Mechanical Properties of Zn-27A1 Alloy Using Various Casting Techniques
Author(s) -
J. Sreejith,
Kaushal Nishad,
M. Krishnadas,
C. N. Krishnaprasad,
Mamatha Muralidharan,
V. Krishnaprasad,
B. Rajesh Me
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1355/1/012039
Subject(s) - alloy , materials science , casting , ultimate tensile strength , metallurgy , aluminium , sand casting , tribology , zinc , composite material , mold
Zinc-aluminium alloys are cost effective substitute for wide range of applications in the industrial purpose mainly as bearing materials. Zn- 27 Al is the material selected due to its good mechanical and tribological properties. Casting is one of the methods which can be used to fabricate the alloys. Sand casting and stir casting are used to develop Zn- 27 Al alloy. Both mechanical and wear properties were studied. Hardness, tensile strength and impact strength is highest for the stir casted alloy when compared to sand casted Zn-27 Al.. The composition of the prepared alloys justifies the better properties of stir casted alloy and the compositions are analysed by Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) analysis.