The Overall Effects of AlN Nanoparticle Addition to Hybrid Magnesium Alloy AZ91/ZK60A

Table 3

Results of tensile testing of AZ91/ZK60A and AZ91/ZK60A/AlN nanocomposite.

Material	0.2% TYS (MPa)	UTS (MPa)	Failure Strain (%)	Energy absorbed,; EA (MJ/m^3)^a
AZ91/ZK60A	225±4	321±4	16.1±0.3	49±1
AZ91/ZK60A/; 1.5 vol% AlN	236±6 (+5)	336±4 (+5)	13.8±1.0 (−14)	44±4 (−10)

^aEnergy absorbed until fracture, that is, area under the engineering stress-strain curve until the point of fracture (obtained using EXCEL software).
() Brackets indicate % change with respect to corresponding result of AZ91/ZK60A.