TY - JOUR N2 - In this paper, aluminium alloy of grade ADC-12 was considered as a base metal and chromium carbide (Cr3C2) particles were reinforced through friction stir process. A detailed analysis of mechanical property and metallurgical characterization studies were performed to evaluate the surface composite. Remarkable changes were observed in the developed composite due to the mechanical force produced by the stir tool with an increase in hardness. The metallurgical investigation infers that the presence of silica in ADC-12 alloys has undergone mechanical fracture and long needle structure changed to reduced size. On the other hand, at higher tool rotational speed, the uniform distribution of hard particles was confirmed through SEM micrographs. Thus the modified surface composite has produced good mechanical property with high metallurgical qualities. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113610/PDF/AMM-2019-4-41-Sathya%20Mukesh.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113610 PY - 2019 IS - No 4 EP - 1532 DO - 10.24425/amm.2019.130122 KW - microstructure KW - microhardness KW - Friction stir processing KW - ADC-12 KW - Chromium Carbide A1 - Satheeshkumar, J. A1 - Jayaraman, M. A1 - Suganya Priyadharshini, G. A1 - Sathya Mukesh, C.S. PB - Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 64 DA - 2019.12.12 T1 - Fabrication of Aluminum – Cr3C2 Surface Composites through Friction Stir Processing and Analyzing its Microstructural and Mechanical Evolution SP - 1527 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113610 T2 - Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ER -