caa a22 4500 463231406 CHVBK 20180405153243.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10853-007-1896-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10853-007-1896-z Pre-treatment process of B4C particles to improve incorporation into molten AA2014 alloy [Elektronische Daten] [Aykut Canakci, Fazli Arslan, Ibrahim Yasar] The properties of particle-reinforced aluminum alloy composites depend on the microstructure and evolved uniformity distribution of particles in the matrix, wettability of particles by the melt and chemical reactions between particles and matrix. The wettability of B4C particles by the molten aluminum alloys is generally poor below 1100°C making their incorporation difficult. In this study, in order to improve incorporation of the B4C particles by AA2014 alloy melt a novel pre-treatment process was presented and B4C-2014 Al composites containing B4C particles up to 12vol.% were manufactured by using stir casting. SEM observations have shown that uniformity distribution of B4C in the matrix was satisfactory and there was no reaction at the particle-matrix interface due to low processing temperature. However clustering of B4C particles was observed in relatively high particle-containing composites, which is commonly associated with the casting route. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Canakci Aykut Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey aut Arslan Fazli Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey aut Yasar Ibrahim National Boron Research Institute, 06531, Ankara, Turkey aut Journal of Materials Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/23(2007-12-01), 9536-9542 0022-2461 42:23<9536 2007 42 10853 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-1896-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-1896-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Canakci Aykut Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arslan Fazli Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yasar Ibrahim National Boron Research Institute, 06531, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Materials Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/23(2007-12-01), 9536-9542 0022-2461 42:23<9536 2007 42 10853 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer