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Aluminum matrix composites is aluminum matrix reinforced with metal, ceramic, or organic compound. The reinforcement is used to improve mechanical, thermal, or tribological properties of the matrix. Stir casting is an economical process to fabricate the aluminum matrix composites. Stir casting is conducted by mechanical stirring of the reinforcement particulate into metal liquid. The metal matrix composites resulted from the stir casting is affected by a homogeneous distribution of the reinforcement. The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of reinforcement preheating that has been on electroless coating on hardness and micro structure of aluminum metal matrix composite. This study used aluminum series 6061 as a matrix and Al2O3 as reinforcement. The temperatures of reinforcement preheating were varied at 200 ℃, 300 ℃, 400 ℃, and 500 ℃. Stirring temperature parameters of 700 ℃ ± 10 ℃, melting temperature of 750 ℃ ± 10 ℃, pouring temperature of 750 ℃ ± 10 ℃, stirring times of five minutes, and stirring speed of 550 rpm. The results showed that the preheating Al2O3 reinforcement can reduce segregation. As the preheating temperature increases, reinforcement segregation decreases, resulting in an increase in the wettability of Al2O3 reinforcement in aluminum.
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Setia, I., Surojo, E., Ariawan, D. (2020). Effect of Reinforcement (Al2O3) Preheating on Hardness and Microstructure of Aluminum Matrix Composite. In: Sabino, U., Imaduddin, F., Prabowo, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4481-1_56
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