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Organic & Inorganic Chemistry Conference
Synthesis ofmagnesiumaluminate composites reinforcedwithceramicparticulates forgrindingapplications
T
his project aimed at investigating the possibility to synthesize magnesium aluminate composite reinforced with ceramics
particulates to be used as grindingmaterials. Generally, magnesiumaluminate (MgAl
2
O
4
) is commonly used in the industries
as refractories. Due to its high chemical stability, this project aims at broadening the industrial applications of magnesium
aluminate to be used as grinding materials. Grinding materials are usually used in finishing the machining of metals parts to
give it its final bright luster. This project is designed to increase the hardness of magnesium aluminate by incorporation of hard
ceramic particulates such as borides or carbides. Titanium carbide (TiC) was chosen to be the reinforcement of magnesium
aluminate matrix. This work targets at synthesizing MgAl
2
O
4
-TiC composite in a high dense form. The target composite will
be synthesized by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS). SHS is an i
n-situ
process that can perform synthesis and
sintering in one step. To the best of our knowledge this composite in its dense form does not prepare by SHS. Different factors
controlling the physical and mechanical properties of the final object will be investigated. This factors include, grain sizes of the
starting materials, pressing load, initial temperature of the reaction, amount of ceramic and metallic additions.
Biography
Saad Alotaibi has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from Western Michigan University and postdoctoral studies from King Abdullah University School of
Chemistry. He is the Dean of Turabah University College. He has published more than 8 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board
member of repute.
alosaimi.sr@gmail.comSaad Alotaibi
Taif University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saad Alotaibi, Organic Chem Curr Res 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0401-C3-027