THE WEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME ALUMINIUM-SILICON EUTECTIC-BASE ALLOYS.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Welding electrode factory.

2 Met. Dept, Faculty of Pet & Mining Eng., Suez Canal University, Suez.

Abstract

The wear behaviour of the aluminium-eutectic base alloy is examined along with the modified entectic alloys containing varying copper additions and a constant amount of Mg and Ni which are used to improve the strength of the alloys. The wear tests are carried out for the various alloys either in the as-homogensized state or after aging treatment, at constant sliding speed and different loads. The results are examined in order to determine the optimum condition for wear resistance.