CAPSTONE II

PROJECT REPORT
(Jan May 2014)
DEVELOPMENT OF Al-Mg BASED ALLOYS FOR AUTOMOBILE
APPLICATIONS
Submitted by
Mohit Sharma Shivam Nath
Gaur
10108051 10108033
Under the Guidance of
Prof. Avtar Sinh
Department of Materal! " Metall#rg$al Engneerng
PEC Un%er!t& of Te$'nolog&(
C'an)gar'
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DECLARATION
We hereby declare that the project work entitled De%elopment of Al-Mg *a!e) allo&! for
a#tomo*le appl$aton+ is an authentic record of our own work as requirements for Capstone II
Project of 8
th
semester for the award of degree of B! "etallurgical !ngineering# P!C
$ni%ersity of &echnology# Chandigarh# under the guidance of Prof '%tar (ingh
"ohit (harma (hi%am )ath *aur
+,+,8,-+ +,+,8,..
Date: ______________
erti!ed that the abo"e #tatement made by the #tudent i# correct to the be#t of my
$no%&ed'e and be&ief(
Prof. Avtar Sinh
Fa$#lt& ,#)e
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AC-NO.LED,EMENT
/irst of all we would like to sincerely thank Prof/ A%tar Sng' for his %aluable guidance and
encouragement as a teacher and a friend throughout the course of this project 0e guided us all
the way through the project 0e went out of the way to be a%ailable at all times and e1tend his
help whene%er needed 0is e1perience and knowledge moti%ated us to work harder towards the
completion of this project
"any thanks also goes to Prof/ 0/D S'arma and Prof/ R/-/ Ma'a1an of the 2epartment# for
molding the course of the project towards a more meaningful end
We deeply thank the lab technicians of "etallurgy 2epartment for their continuous support in
making the labs a%ailable to us at con%enient time
We are sure that the knowledge and information we ha%e gained while carrying out this period
would be of immense %alue for our growth as a successful "etallurgical !ngineer
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LIST OF FI,URES2
/ig ++3 'l components being used in %arious components
4.5
6
/ig +73 Chassis applications of 'l alloys
4.5
-
/ig +.3 Weight8reduced aluminium front end of B"W -8series 99*:';<<
4.5
=
/ig +6 3 Binary phase diagram of 'l8"g
/ig 7+3 'l8"g phase diagram
/ig 6+3 Programmable /urnace used for casting
/ig 673 :ockwell hardness &ester
/ig 6.3 Pin on 2isc wear tester
/ig -+3 "icrostructure of (ample + along with sample of same basic composition at
magnification of 7,,>
4+.5
/ig -73 "icrostructure of (ample + at 7,,>
/ig -.3 "icrostructure of (ample + at 7,,>
/ig -63 "icrostructure of (ample 7 along with sample of same basic composition at
magnification of 7,,>
4+65
/ig --3 "icrostructure of (ample 7 at 7,,>
/ig -=3 "icrostructure of (ample 7 at 7,,>
/ig -?3 "icrostructure of (ample 7 along with sample of same basic composition at
magnification of 7,,1
/ig -83 "icrostructure of (ample . at 7,,>
/ig -@3 'pparatus for Wear &esting
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LIST OF TABLES2
&able 6+3 "aterials selected and properties
&able 673 Composition of samples
&able 6.3 Aist of chemicals used for etching

&able -+3 Composition of samples
&able -73 0ardness of samples
&able -.3 Wear rate of (amples
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INDE3
De$laraton ii
A$4no5le)gement iii
L!t of fg#re! i%
L!t of ta*le! %
In)e6 %i
C7APTER 82 INTRODUCTION +
8/8 O%er%e5 +
8/9 E6ten!%e #!age of Al n a#tomo*le !e$tor 7
+7+'luminium in Chassis 'pplications 6
+77 'luminium in the ;ehicle (tructure -
+7. 'luminium for 2oors# Closures and Buter Panels =
8/: Al-Mg Allo&! =
C7APTER 92 LITERATURE REVIE. 8
C7APTER :2 PROBLEM FORMULATION +-
C7APTER ;2 E3PERIMENTAL SET UP +=
;/8 Materal Sele$ton +=
;/9 E<#pment #!e) +=
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67+ Casting equipment3 +=
677 0ardness "easurement3 +?
67. Wear &esting3 +8
;/: De%elopment of Sample! +@
6.+ (ample +3 +@
6.7 (ample 73 +@
6.. (ample .3 +@
C7APTER =2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 7,
=/8 M$ro!tr#$t#ral Anal&!! 7,
-++ "icrostructure of (ample +3 7,
-+7 "icrostructure of (ample 73 77
-+. "icrostructure of (ample .3 76
=/9 7ar)ne!! Re!#lt! 7-
=/: .ear te!tng re!#lt! 7=
C7APTER >2 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE SCOPE OF .OR- 78
C7APTER?2 REFERENCES .,
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