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Table 4.6 Tensile properties of PM <strong>and</strong> DMD prepared<br />

magnesium <strong>and</strong> its composites reinforced with ceramic<br />

nanoparticles.<br />

Materials E (GPa)<br />

[24–26]. The tensile properties of Mg-based nanocomposites depend greatly on the<br />

processing techniques employed (Table 4.6). The yield <strong>and</strong> tensile strengths of<br />

Al/1.1 vol% Al2O3 (55 nm) nanocomposite prepared by the PM sintering technique<br />

is higher than of those fabricated by DMD process. This is attributed to the presence of<br />

porosities in the DMD-prepared nanocomposite. The strengthening mechanism for<br />

these nanocomposites derives mainly from the Orowan stress.<br />

4.4<br />

Wear<br />

0.2% Yield<br />

stress (MPa) UTS (MPa) Elongation (%)<br />

Pure Mg (PM) Ref [24] 41.2 132 7 193 2 4.2 0.1<br />

Mg/1.1 vol%Al2O3 (PM) Ref [24] 44.5 194 5 250 3 6.9 1.0<br />

Pure Mg (DMD) Ref [24] 42.8 97 2 173 1 7.4 0.2<br />

Mg/1.1 vol%Al2O3 (DMD) Ref [24] 52.7 175 3 246 3 14.0 2.4<br />

Mg/0.22 vol%Y 2O 3(DMD) Ref [25] — 218 2 277 5 12.7 1.3<br />

Mg/0.66 vol%Y2O3(DMD) Ref [25] — 312 4 318 2 6.9 1.6<br />

Mg/1.11 vol%Y 2O 3(DMD) Ref [25] — — 205 3 1.7 0.5<br />

4.4 Wearj119<br />

Wear is a loss of the surface material resulting from the relative motion between<br />

mating surfaces. The asperities of the two surfaces come into contact when two<br />

surfaces slide against each other under the application of an external load. The atoms<br />

of the softer material adhere to the asperities of the harder counterface. Contacting<br />

surface asperities cold weld together <strong>and</strong> form interatomic junctions across the<br />

interface. On further sliding, the junctions fracture <strong>and</strong> fragments detach from the<br />

adhering asperities, resulting in wear damage of softer surface. The wear damage of<br />

the specimen can be expressed in terms of the wear volume or weight loss. From<br />

Archard s theory for adhesive wear, the wear volume (V) of a material can be<br />

expressed as:<br />

V ¼ kPL=H ð4:19Þ<br />

where k is the wear coefficient, P the applied load, L the sliding distance <strong>and</strong> H the<br />

hardness of wearing material [27]. Moreover, shearing of the junctions under applied<br />

force results in friction. With a multiasperity contacting mode, frictional force<br />

displays a linear relationship with normal force as given by the following equation:<br />

F ¼ mN ð4:20Þ<br />

where F is the frictional force, N the normal force <strong>and</strong> m the coefficient of friction.

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