Hybrid reinforced particulate aluminum matrix composite materials (HAMCs) are a breakthrough kind of material made by combining two or more distinct reinforcing components in the aluminum (Al) matrix. Composites with many reinforcing phases offer a superior overall mix of characteristics than composites with only one. This articles wide literature review of metal matrix composite (MMC) especially for aluminum matrix composites (AMC) was carried out. Discussions of various widely adopted synthesis methods such as stir casting and powder metallurgy have been presented. The effect of various reinforcement ceramic particles such as silicon carbide (SiC), aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃), graphite (Gr) on the mechanical and metallurgical properties of MMC has been reviewed. The summary of various characterizations such as X-ray diffraction (X-RD), and optical microscopy (OM) including testing such as hardness, tensile, compressive, and tribological behavior has been discussed in detail to demonstrate a full grasp of the many features of HAMCs, such as manufacturing, physicomechanical properties, wear, and corrosion characteristics. Future developments and potentially useful materials as alternative reinforcements are discussed at the end of the review.

The plasma electrolyte oxidation (PEO) process has been considered an environmentally friendly surface engineering method for improving the corrosion resistance of light weight metals. In this work, the corrosion resistance of commercially pure Al and PEO treated Al substrates were studied. The PEO layers were grown on commercially pure aluminum substrates using two different alkaline electrolytes with different addition concentrations of Si₃N₄ nanoparticles (0, 0.5 and 1.5 gL⁻¹) and different duty cycles (25%, 50%, and 80%) at a fixed frequency. The corrosion properties of PEO coatings were investigated by the potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy test in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solutions. It showed that the weight gains, layer thickness and surface roughness of the PEO grown oxide layer increased with increasing concentrations of Si₃N₄ nanoparticles. The layer thickness, surface roughness, pore size, and porosity of the PEO oxide layer decreased with decreasing duty cycle. The layer thickness and weight gain of PEO coating followed a linear relationship. The PEO layer grown using the Na₂B₄O₇∙10H₂O contained electrolyte showed an excellent corrosion resistance and low surface roughness than other PEO coatings with Si₃N₄ nanoparticle additives. It is noticed that the corrosion performance of PEO coatings were not improved by the addition of Si₃N₄ nanoparticle in the electrolytic solutions, possibly due to its detrimental effect to the formation of a dense microstructure.

Coffee husk (CH) is a sustainable and abundantly available cellulosic waste material. Its fiber consists of cellulose as the major structural part which leads to potential utilization for the manufacturing of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) products that can be utilized for different industrial applications. In the present study, chemical composition of outer skin-isolated coffee husk was determined and sequential treatments of various untreated (UT) sample, ethanoltoluene treated sample through dewaxed (DW) treatment, sodium hydroxide (NaOH)treated sample through alkali (AT) treatment, and sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄)treated sample through bleaching (BL) treatment have been carried out. The Micro Crystalline Cellulose (MCC) has been extracted through hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) after BL treatment. The BL treatment for MCC extraction process was conducted without chlorine and additional harsh acid treatment, respectively. The characterization of chemically treated samples was carried out to investigate their morphological, physico-chemistry, and thermal behavior through a scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infraredray (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential temperature analyzer (DTA). From the chemical composition analysis; the cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and extractive content were determined and its values were (52.9), (12.5), (24.3), and (9.4), respectively. In the morphological examination, the great untreated (UT) fiber sample was greatly reduced into a micro-sized BL sample, revealing that (from FTIR analysis) the lignin and hemicellulose contents were greatly removed during chemical treatments and the presence of a micro crystalline cellulose region with 54.7 yield. Also, the sample AT and BL showed the lowest amorphous region in X-RD due to the removal of hemicellulose and lignin. The highest crystallinity index has been determined for the BL sample, i.e., 89.9. Additionally, the thermal analysis shows that the AT and BL sample has great thermal stability than other (UT and DW) samples at high temperature. Therefore, the outer skin separated coffee husk was prepared from agricultural waste was subjected to eco-friendly chemical treatments to yield MCC. Thus, the extracted MCC is expected to be reliable for replacing other plant materials for the production of crystalline nanomaterial and reinforcing constituent for the fabrication of bio composite.

Hybrid aluminum matrix composites (HAMCs) are a new class of advanced composite and hybrid materials that can be customized and engineered to achieve specific properties for specific applications in specific environments. HAMCs are popular in the transportation industry due to their reduced cost and fuel consumption as compared to conventional materials. This research article has mainly focused on multi-response optimization through an L₁₆ orthogonal array experimental design employing Taguchi-based Grey Relational Analysis. It was intended to explore the influence of tetra hybrid reinforced HAMCs synthesized using pure Al matrix with fixed wt% of primary reinforcements (5 wt% SiC and 5 wt% Al₂O₃) and varying wt% of secondary reinforcements such as (0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5) wt% of Gr and (0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5) wt% of SCBA on physicomechanical properties of HAMCs when milling time, compaction pressure, and sintering temperature were varied. The Taguchi-Grey’s relational analysis gave the optimal combination of the process and reinforcement parameters for both the physical and the mechanical properties such as milling time (5 h.), compaction pressure (55 MPa), sintering temperature (450 °C), Gr content (0.5 wt%), and SCBA content (4.5 wt%). At the optimum parameter settings, the average density, porosity, hardness, compressive strength, and ultimate tensile strength were 2.5118 gm cm⁻³, 0.8653%, 4228.45 MPa, 343.33 MPa, and 1516.41 MPa, respectively. The utilization of Taguchi and GRA methods have significantly confirmed that the influence of compaction pressure was highest among the all the other four parameters. The newly synthesized tetra hybrid reinforced HAMCs have shown superior physicomechanical properties compared to pure Al, and single as well as double reinforced HAMCs. Therefore, it is anticipated that the newly developed tetra hybrid reinforced AMC material will be utilized in heavy-duty, aerospace, medical, automotive, marine, and other applications.

Hybrid aluminum matrix composites (HAMCs) are a new class of advanced materials that can be customized and engineered to achieve specific properties for specific applications in specific environments. HAMCs find a wide range of popularity in the transportation sector because of lower noise and lower fuel consumption over other materials. This research aims to synthesize, characterize, and test the physicomechanical characteristics of tetra hybrid (SiC, Al₂O₃, Gr, and sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA)) reinforced HAMCs via powder metallurgy (PM) processing. Tetra hybrid reinforced HAMCs were synthesized using a pure Al matrix with fixed wt% of primary reinforcements (5 wt% SiC and 5 wt% Al₂O₃) and varying wt% of secondary reinforcements such as 0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5 wt% Gr and 0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5 wt% SCBA. It mainly focused on phase purity investigation using XRD, thermal analysis using TGA‐DTA, and surface area and micropore size analysis using BET and physicomechanical tests to explore the materials’ behavior of the newly synthesized HAMCs. The increase in wt% of secondary reinforcements decreases both the density and porosity while increasing the hardness and compressive strength up to a certain level above which it begins to reverse because of the increase in wt% of hard particles of SiC, Al₂O₃, and SCBA. The Vickers hardness and compressive strength of the AS4 HAMC with 10 wt% (SiC+Al₂O₃) and 9 wt% (Gr+SCBA) were improved by 446.40% and 209.75%, respectively. The newly synthesized tetra hybrid reinforced HAMCs showed superior physicomechanical properties compared to pure Al and single and double reinforced HAMCs. As a result, the new tetra hybrid reinforced HAMC material is predicted to have potential applications in automotive, aerospace, defense, and various other structural applications.

The application of biomass-derived composite material is in high demand worldwide in various commercial sectors, including automotive, due to its durable, cost-effective, and environment-friendly characteristics. However, one of the limiting factors of biomass-based composites is its higher water absorption capacity compared to commercial synthetic composites. Therefore, this study aimed to optimize the water absorption capacity of biomass-based, wheat straw fiber-basalt hybrid composite brake pad using the Taguchi method by considering the particle size and volume % of the composite compositions. The composite synthesized in this study carried two variations of particle sizes of basalt, wheat straw, steel, river sand, and graphite, as well as two-volume percentages of epoxy resin for optimization. All composites were molded using a compression molding process at compressive pressure of 6 MPa for 2 h curing in a forced convection oven at 100 °C. Water absorption capacity has been determined according to ASTM D570. The wheat straw fiber has been chemically treated with 5 wt.% of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to remove the impurities, lignin, and hemicellulose and increase the surface area of the fiber, resulting in a larger area of contact between the fiber and the matrix. Elemental analysis, crystallinity, morphology, and mechanical strength of wheat straw fiber-based composites have been determined by XRD, SEM, and compression tests, respectively. The statistical method, analysis of variance (ANOVA), was implemented for Taguchi optimization of the composite compositions. The maximum compressive strength and minimum and maximum water absorption capacity of composites were obtained as 77 MPa, 3.55%, and 26.86%, respectively. From the optimum setting of the confirmation experiment, the optimal water absorption value of 5.718% has been obtained. The optimum particle size of the composite compositions was 1 mm basalt particle, 0.5 mm wheat straw fiber, 1 mm steel particle, 1 mm river sand, 0.5 mm graphite dust particle, and 30 vol% epoxy resin by Taguchi method. The parameter impact of Taguchi ranking on water absorption capacity presented the maximum improvement of water absorption, 10.47%, with river sand particle size.