FABRICATION OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY FROM A PRE-ALLOYED POWDER USING HOT DIE COMPACTION PROCESS | ||||
The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||||
Article 6, Volume 13, 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2008, Page 8-17 PDF (256.04 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/amme.2008.38952 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
ZULKOFFLI Z.1; DAUD M.A. M.1; SYARIF J.2; SAJURI Z.2 | ||||
1Graduate student, Dept of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, National University of Malaysia. | ||||
2Lecturer, Dept of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, National University of Malaysia. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT AZ91D magnesium alloy was fabricated by using pre-alloyed powder compressed without any binder agent at 280oC under the compaction pressure of 200 MPa at different time intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 hours. Some of the compressed samples were then undergone a sintering process at temperature of 450oC for 3 and 6 hours. Furnace cooling was performed after the sintering. Microstructure and hardness of each specimen were investigated. The microstructures observation and hardness investigation of the as-hot compacted and sintered samples were then compared. The results showed that microstructure transformation occurred due to the hot compaction and the sintering for 3 and 6 hours. The as-hot compacted samples showed a grown globular precipitates (β phase, Mg17Al12) distributed uniformly in grains. However, after sintering process, lamellar precipitates took place and dominated the grains. The as-hot compacted sample showed higher hardness value compared to the 3 hours and 6 hours sintered samples. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Powder compaction; High temperature; sintering; precipitation; magnesium alloy | ||||
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