Processing of Aluminium-Silicon Alloy with Metal Carbide as Reinforcement through Powder-Based Additive Manufacturing: A Critical Study

Table 5

Effect of MC on mechanical properties of Al-Si alloy.

MCs with % of weight/volume	Matrix	Wear resistance	Coe. of friction	Tensile property	% elongation	Process
TiC—30% Vol.	AlSi12	++				DED
TiC—3% Wt.	AlSi10Mg	+	-	+	+	SLM
TiC—5% Wt.	AlSi10Mg	+	-	++	+	SLM
TiC—5% Wt.	AlSi10Mg	+	-	+	+	DED
TiC—5% Wt.	AlSi15	+	-	+	+	SLM
TiC—10% Wt.	AlSi15	+	-	--	-	SLM
TiC—1 : 1	Al9.8Si0.6MgTi			+	+	SLM
TiC—5% Wt.	AlSi10Mg			++	++	SLM
SiC—15% Wt.	AlSi10Mg	+		-	-	SLM
SiC—5% Vol.	AlSi10Mg					SLM
SiC—10% Vol.	AlSi10Mg					SLM
SiC—15% Wt.	Al	+	-			SLM
SiC—5 to 15% Vol	Al–7Si–0.3Mg					Laser sintering
SiC—20% Wt.	AlSi10Mg	++	--			SLM
SiC—12% Vol.	Al-12Si					SLM
B4C—20% Wt.	AlSi10Mg	+	-			SLM

+, increase; ++, drastic increase; -, decrease; --, drastic decrease; , no observation.