The Effect of Palm Kernel Shells Particles Reinforcement on Tensile and Compressive Properties of Aluminum Matrix Composite

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 65 - 69, 30.09.2024

Barnabas Terhide Iorsue

Abstract

In the quest to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for tailor-made, efficient, and cost-effective materials, there has been continuous research and development to design materials with optimum performance at different conditions, and such properties to cope with the different working conditions cannot be obtained from a single material, hence the need for composites, which combine two or more materials with each retaining its individual properties. Aluminum has found applications in multiple sectors due to its lightweight, corrosion resistance, and cheapness, among other properties; however, it exhibits low mechanical properties such as tensile strength, ductility, impact strength and so on. Aluminum from waste sources is recycled in this study by stir casting with varying percentages of 5%, 10%, and 15% by weight of 75um Palm Kernel Shell (PKS) particle size as reinforcements. The tensile and compressive strengths were measured. The results show that the reinforcement increased aluminum's compressive and tensile strengths, with the peak values for both tensile and compressive properties observed at 5% PKS.

Keywords

Metal Matrix Composite, Palm Kernel Shells, Aluminum Matrix Composite, Compressive Strength, Tensile Strength

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