Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 11194–11200 www.materialstoday.com/proceedings * Corresponding author. Tel.: +91-9538466455 . E-mail address: sanjuyadavbec@gmail.com 2214-7853 © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Science (AMMMT 2016). AMMMT-2016 Effect of Artificial Ageing on Wear Behaviour of Al7010/B 4 C Composite S J Sanjay a , Shashidar K Naik b , C Shashishekar c a Department of M echanical Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering Colleg e, Bagalkot-587102, Karnataka b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot-587102, Karnataka c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of T echnology, Tumkur-572103, Karnataka Abstract In the present work, the study is done about composite material constituting of B 4 C particulate reinforced into Al7010 matrix with different weight fractions of 3wt%, 6wt%, 9wt% which is fabricated using conventional melt stirring (stir casting) method. Characterization of the prepared composites is studied in detail using Optical Microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope. The uniform distribution of B 4 C particulates in matrix was clearly evident from microstructure studies. The specimens were T6 heat treated for aging period of 5hour. The wear test is conducted for both non-heat treated and heat treated specimens using pin-on-disc method by considering parameters like load, speed and weight percentage of B 4 C. The wear results showed that addition of B 4 C increased the wear resistance and it is found maximum for 9% addition of B 4 C. © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Science (AMMMT 2016). Keywords: Particulate reinforced, microstructure, ageing, pin-on-disc