Research Article

The Role of Tetra Hybrid Reinforcements on the Behavior of Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites

Table 9

Density and porosity results of the developed HAMCs.

SampleChemical compositionTheo. density (g/cm3)Exp. density (g/cm3)Porosity (%)

AlPure Al metal2.7002.6750.926
AS1Al/5SiC/5Al2O32.7662.7261.446
AS2Al/5SiC/5Al2O3/0.5Gr/0.5SCBA2.7512.7131.381
AS3Al/5SiC/5Al2O3/2.5Gr/2.5SCBA2.6962.6591.372
AS4Al/5SiC/5Al2O3/4.5Gr/4.5SCBA2.6432.6290.530
AS5Al/5SiC/5Al2O3/6.5Gr/6.5SCBA2.5922.5491.659