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

Table 4

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

Material	0.2% CYS (MPa)	UCS (MPa)	Failure Strain (%)	Energy absorbed,; EA (MJ/m^3)^a
AZ91/ZK60A	106±5	508±17	19.5±1.7	83±9
AZ91/ZK60A/1.5 vol% AlN	107±12 (+1)	541±19 (+6)	24.1±6.5 (+24)	88±7 (+6)

^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.