Open AccessStudy on mechanical properties and wear resistance of aluminum alloy composites reinforced by basalt fiber
Author(s) -
M Wang,
X Zhang,
Li Zhou,
Cheng Li
Publication year - 2020
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 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1681/1/012002
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , volume fraction , basalt fiber , alloy , copper , plating (geology) , sintering , aluminium , pressing , fiber , wear resistance , hot pressing , electroless plating , metallurgy , layer (electronics) , electroplating , geophysics , geology
Basalt fiber is a new type of environmentally friendly materials with excellent performance in the 21st century. Basalt fiber (BF) reinforced aluminum alloy composites with different length-diameter ratios (200:1, 400:1), different volume fraction (1%, 4%, 8%) was fabricated by room-temperature pressing and vacuum sintering method. It was found that the BF treated with electroless copper plating on the surface enhanced the mechanical properties and wear resistance of the composites, while the BF without copper plating on the surface weakened the hardness. With increasing the volume fraction of BF with copper plating, the hardness and the wear resistance of the composites increased. The length-diameter ratio ∼400:1 is superior enhancement aspect ratio of 200:1 of the reinforcing effect.