Adding TiC Nanoparticles to Magnesium Alloy ZK60A for Strength/Ductility Enhancement

Table 3

Results of tensile testing of ZK60A and ZK60A/TiC nanocomposite.

Material	0.2% TYS (MPa)	UTS (MPa)	Failure strain (%)	WOF (MJ/m^3)^a
ZK60A	163 ± 3	268 ± 3	6.6 ± 0.6	16 ± 2
ZK60A/1.5 vol.% TiC	184 ± 2 (+13)	309 ± 3 (+15)	11.6 ± 1.4 (+76)	33 ± 5 (+106)

^aObtained from engineering stress-strain diagram using EXCEL software.
( ) Brackets indicate % change with respect to corresponding result of ZK60A.