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%A Egizabal, P.
%A Merchan, M.
%A De Cortazar, M. Garcia
%A Torregaray, A.
%A Jimbert, P.
%T Development and characterization of a 2024 aluminium alloy reinforced with TiC particulates produced by SHS
%J ECCM 2012 - Composites at Venice, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials
%D 2012
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11556/2086
%X The self propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) process has been used to produce titanium carbide (TiC) particulates that have been subsequently mixed with a 2024 aluminium alloy through the stir casting process. The incorporation of 1 wt.% of particulates provides an increase of the tensile strength. The results obtained in the metallurgical analysis and mechanical tests confirm that the presence of TiC particulates has a positive effect on mechanical properties through different mechanisms such as grain refining and reduction of porosity.
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