Research Article
Evaluation on Powder Metallurgy Process Parameters of Ball-Milled AA8079-B4C Nanostructured Composites via Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis
Table 2
Experimental results as per L27 OA.
| Expt. no | Reinforcement (wt%) | Compaction pressure (MPa) | Sintering temperature (°C) | Sintering time (hr) | Compressive strength | Hardness |
| 1 | 5 | 200 | 375 | 1 | 125.49 | 141.59 | 2 | 5 | 200 | 475 | 2 | 133.74 | 145.27 | 3 | 5 | 200 | 575 | 3 | 140.05 | 120.09 | 4 | 5 | 300 | 375 | 2 | 131.48 | 147.92 | 5 | 5 | 300 | 475 | 3 | 149 | 149.73 | 6 | 5 | 300 | 575 | 1 | 142 | 167.3 | 7 | 5 | 400 | 375 | 3 | 105.33 | 151.25 | 8 | 5 | 400 | 475 | 1 | 156.03 | 114.89 | 9 | 5 | 400 | 575 | 2 | 157.11 | 112.62 | 10 | 10 | 200 | 375 | 1 | 108.09 | 138.97 | 11 | 10 | 200 | 475 | 2 | 110.81 | 164.85 | 12 | 10 | 200 | 575 | 3 | 151.24 | 136.06 | 13 | 10 | 300 | 375 | 2 | 112.79 | 120.45 | 14 | 10 | 300 | 475 | 3 | 145.98 | 128.53 | 15 | 10 | 300 | 575 | 1 | 154.77 | 154.7 | 16 | 10 | 400 | 375 | 3 | 116.22 | 122.02 | 17 | 10 | 400 | 475 | 1 | 141.06 | 152.38 | 18 | 10 | 400 | 575 | 2 | 148 | 132.41 | 19 | 15 | 200 | 375 | 1 | 139.09 | 161.56 | 20 | 15 | 200 | 475 | 2 | 120 | 126.42 | 21 | 15 | 200 | 575 | 3 | 122.12 | 165.98 | 22 | 15 | 300 | 375 | 2 | 147.19 | 145.69 | 23 | 15 | 300 | 475 | 3 | 150.06 | 184.41 | 24 | 15 | 300 | 575 | 1 | 156.88 | 159.14 | 25 | 15 | 400 | 375 | 3 | 145.02 | 151.77 | 26 | 15 | 400 | 475 | 1 | 164.33 | 174.2 | 27 | 15 | 400 | 575 | 2 | 171 | 158.03 |
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