A comprehensive review of recent progress in fabrication of magnesium base composites by friction stir processing technique—A review
Prem Sagar, Amit Handa
Abstract
Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are the next generation materials, globally popular for having numerous potential applications in aircraft, automobile and biomedical industry. Magnesium being continuously replacing other conventional materials however it is a hard to process material. Recently, friction stir processing (FSP) is drawing attention among researchers to fabricate MMCs. Using FSP, superior properties of magnesium based MMCs being successfully achieved. The primary aim of this paper is to review and provide a thorough summary of FSP synthesized magnesium based composites. Additionally the effect of secondary phase particles on the tribological behavior of produced composite materials is also summed up. Mechanical along with microstructural properties produced from stirred process and contribution of strengthening mechanism is addressed, as well.