www.tjprc.org SCOPUS Indexed Journal editor@tjprc.org FORMATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ALUMINIUM METAL MATRIX NANOCOMPOSITES PANKAJ P. AWATE 1 & Dr. SHIVPRAKASH B. BARVE 2 1 School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT World Peace University Pune, Maharashtra, India 2 Professor & Head, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra, India ABSTRACT In the new era of competitive world, need has been increased tremendously for the development of lightweight, low cost, an efficient, corrosion resistive, high reflectivity, tough conducive materials. Many researchers have used aluminum alloys to investigate the effects of added alloys on various properties of the material. Pure aluminium is a weak, soft and ductile material, but adding a small amount of impurity in aluminium, its properties such as tensile strength and hardness can be increased considerably. Aluminum alloy composites are better in thermal expansion coefficient, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and other mechanical properties. Metal matrix composites are advanced materials, which combine reinforcement materials to produce composite materials, which are designed to obtain different properties like stiffness, impact resistance or use in high temperature environments. Nanocomposite is emerging as advanced materials with high strength for the industrial applications that have capacity to satisfy recent demands of advanced engineering applications. In this paper, an emphasis is given on collecting, analyzing and concluding very vast amount of work on the formation and characterization of metal matrix composites and nanocomposites and to find out gaps in recent related research and developments. KEYWORDS: Formation, Characterization, Aluminium, Composites & Nano Composites Received: Aug 17, 2019; Accepted: Sep 07, 2019; Published: Dec 02, 2019; Paper Id.: IJMPERDDEC201978 INTRODUCTION The application of an advanced material may be the key to revolutionizing a product line and keep pace with accelerated market change and technology developments. The aluminium metal matrix nanocomposites are high-performance low- weight alloys that have the capacity to replace use of traditional materials in advanced applications. These composites can provide unique combination of material properties like high-specific strength, high-specific stiffness, very low density, improved dimensional stability and higher wear resistance. Aluminium metal composites are finding widespread applications in aircraft, marine, engineering, automobile, aerospace and defense and recreation industries etc. Nanocomposites are usually nanosized particles or nanoscale structure and fibers to improve mechanical strength, toughness and electrical or thermal conductivity. We can expect superior capacities and remarkable enhancement in various properties in nanocomposites as compared to traditional materials. Here, emphasis is given on the nano-structured aluminium metal matrix composites because of their unique mechanical properties. LITERATURE REVIEW Literature Survey of the Research Area Following are the recent research literature, which give valuable information about nanocomposites, aluminium, aluminium alloy, properties, methodology and technology for preparation of nanocomposite material. Etc Original Article International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001 Vol. 9, Issue 6, Dec 2019, 933–942 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.