Research Article
Process Optimization and Wear Behavior of Red Mud Reinforced Aluminum Composites
Table 1
Experimental layout and results.
| S. number | Load | Sliding velocity | wt.% of red mud | Counterpart hardness | Specific wear | COF | (N) | (m/s) | (HRC) | (×10−13 mm3/Nm) |
| 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 3.3659 | 0.489 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 6.269 | 0.365 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 8.2369 | 0.276 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 7.9945 | 0.578 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 13.2156 | 0.385 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 15.2389 | 0.356 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 4.269 | 0.312 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 13.567 | 0.392 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 11.289 | 0.295 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 1.239 | 0.631 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 1.56 | 0.615 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 5.5216 | 0.315 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 1.1236 | 0.685 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 15.259 | 0.4 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 10.5698 | 0.562 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 7.369 | 0.416 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 8.369 | 0.525 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 5.239 | 0.386 | 19 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 0.1139 | 0.656 | 20 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 0.2149 | 0.6 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 10.1157 | 0.395 | 22 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 0.9926 | 0.615 | 23 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 10.2569 | 0.462 | 24 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 13.697 | 0.401 | 25 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 3.269 | 0.425 | 26 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 11.239 | 0.385 | 27 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 5.369 | 0.351 |
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