Investigation of Tribological properties of Micro-Titanium and CNT Reinforced Copper Based MMC

Authors

  • Dr. Ranjith V  Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Dr. H K Shivanand  Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University/UVCE/Company, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Dr. Tukaram Jadhav  Guest Faculty, Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University/UVCE/Company, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Verma R  Ph.D Scholar Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University/UVCE/Company, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Puneeth P  PG Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University/UVCE/Company, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

Micro Titanium, CNT, Wear Rate, Corrosion Rate, MMC.

Abstract

Copper based composites plays a vital role in the field of marine, aerospace, automobile and power sector for making of components like electrical sliding contacts, gears, bearings, bushes, brakes and clutches etc. CNT is one of the effective reinforcement used in the metal matrix composites by various researches because of its excellent properties. The present work is focused on the preparation of copper/CNTs/Micro-Titanium composite through stir casting technique performance studies of the composite are made on the wear and corrosion behavior. The composite prepared with reinforcement such as CNTs and Micro-Titanium of 0.5, 1, 1.5 % and 1, 3 & 5wt. % were studied. Wear studies were carried out using pin on disc setup as per ASTM G992010. The wear test was carried out in the load range of 10-30N for the sliding speed of 100-500 rpm. Wear rate increased with the increase in speed and load for every combination of the composite. However, with CNT being the main reinforcement with addition of CNT wear rate has reduced marginally. Addition of micro titanium also to some extent decreased the wear rate but CNT plays a major role in reducing the wear rate. At room temperature, the CNT and micro titanium reinforced Copper composites exhibited better corrosion resistance than the pure Copper matrix in NaCl and HCl aqueous solution. Increasing the composition of the CNT and micro titanium particulates increased the corrosion resistance of the CNT and micro titanium reinforced Copper composites. The corrosion resistance increases with increase in duration of time. The improvement in corrosion resistance is due to this factor is attributed to a protective layer formed on the surface of the material which gradually builds up and reaches a steady state with time.

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Dr. Ranjith V, Dr. H K Shivanand, Dr. Tukaram Jadhav, Verma R, Puneeth P, " Investigation of Tribological properties of Micro-Titanium and CNT Reinforced Copper Based MMC, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering(IJSRMME), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp.23-46, May-June-2021.