Mechanical Characteristics of 6063 Aluminum-Steel Dust Composite

Table 5

Variation of hardness values with % steel dust.

Steel dust addition %	As cast + rolled (HRC)	As cast (HRC)	SH (HRC)	SHRN (HRC)	SHRQ (HRC)	SHRT (HRC)
0	55.28	44.14	41.84	41.90	44.33	55.03
2	56.61	50.81	41.80	41.40	41.90	42.40
5	46.67	55.55	49.90	46.90	36.10	54.10
10	38.00	40.55	51.20	48.90	47.40	42.10
15	42.78	35.30	48.40	86.60	40.10	47.70
20	48.22	38.09	37.60	51.04	50.78	38.27