Abstract

The aim of this experimental investigation is to increase awareness amongst the researchers and to draw their attention towards the present approach to deal with the cryogenic treatment for the nonferrous metals. Cryo means cold born crystal structure in metallurgical aspect. Cryogenic treated nonferrous metals will exhibit longer wear and more durability. During metal making process, when solidification takes place, some molecules get caught in a random pattern. The molecules do move about at subzero and deep cryogenic treatment slowly. In this experimental study the effect of cryogenic treatment on microstructure changes and the hardness properties varies for LM25 alloy and LM25-TiO2 metal matrix composite at -196°C.It is analyzed for different durations. The execution of cryogenic treatment on both alloy and MMCs changed the distribution of β precipitates. The XRD crystallogram reveals that the cryogenic treatment can change the diffraction peak intensity of some crystal planes in MMCs. The influences of different volume fraction of reinforcement and cryogenic process parameters on microhardness of LM25 alloy and composite were compared with alloy and composite without cryo treatment and the results showed that the cryogenic treatment improves the hardness of LM25/TiO2 composites.

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