Research Article
Analysis of the Impact of Silicone Carbide (SiC) as a Reinforcement on Composite Properties
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.6-11-2025.2364331, author={Ramlan Ramlan and Endah Puspita and Akhmad Aminuddin Bama and Melenia Tambunan}, title={Analysis of the Impact of Silicone Carbide (SiC) as a Reinforcement on Composite Properties}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th Sriwijaya International Conference on Basic and Applied Sciences, SICBAS 2025, 6 November 2025, Palembang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={SICBAS}, year={2026}, month={8}, keywords={Composite Al-SiC powder metallurgy XRD SEM}, doi={10.4108/eai.6-11-2025.2364331} }- Ramlan Ramlan
Endah Puspita
Akhmad Aminuddin Bama
Melenia Tambunan
Year: 2026
Analysis of the Impact of Silicone Carbide (SiC) as a Reinforcement on Composite Properties
SICBAS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.6-11-2025.2364331
Abstract
Al-SiC composites were prepared with variations of SiC addition of 0%, 10%, 15%, and 20% using the powder metallurgy method. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of SiC addition on Al matrix composites. The materials were characterized in terms of density, porosity, hardness, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Based on the results of density, porosity, hardness, it shows that the Al-SiC composite samples with SiC variations of 0%, 10%, 15% and 20% have densities of 2.98 g/cm3, 3.16 g/cm3, 3.74 g/cm3 and 3.23 g/cm3, while the porosity is 4.30%, 0%, 0% and 5.07%, and the hardness is 513 Hv, 528 Hv, 560 Hv, and 560 Hv, respectively. XRD results show that the samples produced multiphase of Al, SiC and SiO2. SEM results show that the Al-SiC composite has a grain size of 1 - 8.50 μm.
