TiC Nanoparticle Addition to Enhance the Mechanical Response of Hybrid Magnesium Alloy

Table 4

Results of compressive testing of AZ31/AZ91 and AZ31/AZ91/TiC nanocomposite.

Material	0.2%CYS; (MPa)	UCS; (MPa)	Plastic failure strain (%)	WOF; (MJ/m^3)^a
AZ31/AZ91	117±15	495±13	19.6±1.9	82±6
AZ31/AZ91/1.5vol% TiC	104±13 (−11)	531±11 (+7)	20.3±2.7 (+4)	94±2 (+15)

^aObtained from engineering stress-strain diagram using EXCEL software.
() Brackets: indicate % change with respect to corresponding result of AZ31/AZ91.