Analysis of abrasive wear resistance on scandium composite R. Prem Kumar a , L. Girisha b , T. Pravinprabu c , A. Felix Sahayaraj a , SNS. Santhosh Kumar d , Ram Subbiah e,⇑ a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India b Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES Institute of Technology and Management, Shivamoga, India c Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, India d Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hyderabad Institute of Technology & Management, Hyderabad, India e Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India article info Article history: Received 10 December 2020 Received in revised form 10 December 2020 Accepted 9 January 2021 Available online xxxx Keywords: Scandium Zirconium carbide particles Abrasive wear test Variance analysis Powder metallurgy Taguchi approach abstract In present days, the production of high wear resistant alloy is difficult. The substance properties such as hardness and strength have playing an essential role in wear. In this concept, the zirconium carbide (ZC) based scandium composite is prepared by powder metallurgy. The 6 wt% of zirconium carbide particles are added to the scandium alloy. The substance properties have been determined after addition of rein- forcements. The abrasion apparatus is used to measure the abrasive resistance. The abrasive wear resis- tance has been measured through disc speed, types of abrasives and sliding distance. The wear optimization and contribution of factor have been determined through Taguchi method and variance analysis. Ó 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Emerging Trends in Materials Science, Technology and Engineering. 1. Introduction Abrasion resistance can be defined as to the capability of mate- rials and structures to withstand abrasion. The high wear resis- tance components have been used rotary machines and bearings. The scandium is broadly used in vehicle frames and panels. The abrasion wear resistance of high-chromium white cast iron was investigated [1]. Abrasive wear resistance of high speed steel and its phase composition were analyzed [2,3]. The tribological proper- ties and wear resistance have been determined at different hard- ness levels in nickel chromium based alloys [4].Wear experiment was conducted on coated based MMC and their effect has been investigated [5–7].Abrasive grain strength and abrasive wear resis- tance of carbon nitrides have been studied [8]. The wear resistance has been changed after the addition of titanium carbides [9]. The worn surfaces, wear debris and wear resistance with different loads have been discussed in aluminium composite [10]. Antifric- tion and impact energy has been evaluated in steel [11]. Abrasive wear, microstructure and different substance properties have been discussed in aluminum [12]. The fretting wear and its effects have been reported in duplex brass [13]. Taguchi optimization and para- metric effect on the responses have been studied [14–16]. In present work is discussed about the synthesis, assessment of substance properties and wear abrasion resistance of zirconium carbide based scandium composite. The wear optimization and contribution of factor have been evaluated with the aid of Taguchi method and variance analysis. 2. Material synthesis The powder metallurgy technique is utilized to fabricate the zir- conium reinforced scandium composite. The allowable sizes of the scandium and aluminium powders are 400–450 mm. The sizes of the zirconium carbides are 50 mm. The 6 weight percentages of zir- conium carbides are accumulated to the base alloy. The powders mixing have been performed through ball mill. The different pow- der metallurgy factors have been considered for powder metal- lurgy route such as sintering temperature (1000 °C), sintering time (120 min) and compaction pressure (250 MPa). The size of plate (80  40  10 mm) is produced for abrasion wear test. 3. Substance properties The substance properties are exposed in Table 1. The various important substance properties such as hardness, density, tensile and impact strength have been estimated. The universal testing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.01.203 2214-7853/Ó 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Emerging Trends in Materials Science, Technology and Engineering. ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: ramsubbiah20031985@gmail.com (R. Subbiah). 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