Investigation of Industrial and Agro Wastes for Aluminum Matrix Composite Reinforcement

Abstract

Sustainable development of materials, environmentally friendly, and low-cost production is the background of this paper. The researchers focus on developing lightweight metal matrix composite materials with various reinforcements from chemical processes such as Al2O3, SiC, and graphite. These additions resulted improve in mechanical, physical, thermal, and corrosion properties of the materials. This paper offers the potential of alternative reinforcing materials that are inexpensive, easily accessible, and physical and mechanical properties equal to conventional particulates. Industrial and agricultural wastes that rich in oxide material can be used as an alternative material in metal matrix composite. Based on a review of the literature, various debris such as fly ash, bottom ash, rice husk ash, bean pod ash has been used as reinforcement in metal matrix composites. The literature states that the addition of particulates from industrial and agricultural waste improved the mechanical properties of composite materials.