Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mg/2 wt.%SiC_p Nanocomposite Fabricated by ARB Process

Table 2

Tensile properties (UTS, 0.2YS%, and ) and microhardness of the Mg/2 wt.%SiC and monolithic Mg for various ARB cycles.

ARB cycles	UTS (MPa)		YS (MPa)		(GPa)		Microhardness (HV)
	MMNC	Mg	MMNC	Mg	MMNC	Mg	MMNC	Mg
2	143.0	176.0	109.5	145.0	25.5	43.7
3	152.1	217.1	120.2	142.4	33.2	27.2
4	157.0	179.2	118.5	119.9	37.8	32.1
6	105.0	170.1	93.5	146.7	37.2	33.0
8	243.6	199.1	183.8	128.9	31	30.9
11	262.7	60.4	189.9	49.0	45.9	37.8
14	291.2	237.5	250.1	130.1	64.9	21.4