Microstructural and Mechanical Analysis of Sintered Powdered Aluminium Composites

Table 1

Samples of SiC reinforcement.

Sample nos.	Compacted samples (silicon carbide: 5 wt %) x = SiC wt%	Hardness test (HRB)	Compacted samples (silicon carbide: 10 wt %) x = SiC wt%	Hardness test (HRB)
1	5	46.0	10	52.0
2	5	46.5	10	51.5
3	5	46.0	10	51.5
4	5	47.0	10	52.5
5	5	46.5	10	51.5
6	5	46.0	10	52.0
7	5	46.5	10	51.5
8	5	46.5	10	52.0
9	5	47.0	10	53.0