Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MATERIALS TESTING, cilt.66, sa.1, ss.88-99, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
In this study, the wear behavior of AA7075 alloy produced by thixocasting was investigated. The wear behavior of the AA7075 alloy is examined for three cases: extruded with T6 heat treatment, as-thixocast, and thixocast with T6 conditions. The dry sliding wear test was conducted with a tribometer according to ASTM G-99 standard. The microstructures were characterized by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The tensile and hardness tests were performed to evaluate the mechanical properties. The AA7075 alloy was successfully shaped by thixocasting. The as-thixocast sample exhibited typical globular structures with multinary eutectic structures along the grain boundaries. The globular grains transform into a polygonal structure, and the grain size increases from 50 mu m to 60 mu m in the thixocast + T6 sample. This microstructure exhibited excellent wear resistance under dry sliding conditions in the thixocast + T6 sample. The aging treatment with prolonged solution process improved the mechanical properties two times and the wear rate three times for the thixocast AA7075 alloy. Furthermore, the thixocast + T6 sample exhibited a significant decrease in the coefficient of friction with the lowest wear rate compared to the as-thixocast sample. The dominant wear mechanisms are microdelamination, adhesion, and oxidation in all samples.