Microstructural and Mechanical Analysis of Sintered Powdered Aluminium Composites

Table 3

Samples of 10% SiC reinforcement.

Raw metal powders	Atomic number	Density (ρ) in gm/cm^3	Weight percentages (%) in mixture (x)	Rule of mixture (ρ × x) in gm/cm^3
Aluminium (Al)	13	2.70	86.5	2.3355
Copper (Cu)	29	8.96	2.5	0.224
Magnesium (Mg)	14	1.738	0.5	0.00869
Silicon (Si)	12	2.329	0.5	0.011648
Silicon carbide (SiC)	—	3.21	10	0.321
Total			100	2.900838