• SYED JUNAID ALI
• BABU REDDY
• AMBADAS

Magnesium Alloy is the lightest of all light metal combinations and therefore is an outstanding choice for engineering applications when weight is a significant design consideration. Magnesium can be alloyed with other metals, making them more advantageous. The use of pure magnesium is very difficult due to its explosive nature at elevated temperatures and it is very corrosive in wet atmosphere. Basalt is a characteristic material that is found in volcanic rocks started from solidified magma, with a liquefying temperature of 1500°C to 1700°C. The basalt fibers allow one to produce composite materials which are non-combustible and fire resistant. The main aim of the work is to examine the tensile properties of the Magnesium Alloy reinforced with chopped basalt fibers of length 3 mm in varying volume fractions of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and10%. The alloy and the fibers are casted by the stir casting method. The casted ingots are of 170 mm length and 20 mm in diameter. The specimen is machined as per the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) E8 standard. After machining the specimen, the specimen is tested on the Universal Testing Machine (UTM). The test gives the graph of Load (KN) v/s Displacement (mm) and Stress (N⁄〖mm〗^2 ) v/s Strain (%) from which the Young’s Modulus i.e. Modulus of Elasticity is obtained. The obtained results show that there is an increase in the tensile properties of the composite material when compared with the base Metal Alloy. Increase in volume fractions also increases the ultimate tensile strength. The said properties are maximum for the 10% fiber reinforcement.

Chopped Basalt Fiber, Magnesium Alloy, Tensile Properties, Ultimate Tensile Strength, Young’s Modulus.

"EVALUATION OF TENSILE PROPERTIES OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY REINFORCED WITH CHOPPED BASALT FIBER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no.617-623, December-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712114.pdf

"EVALUATION OF TENSILE PROPERTIES OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY REINFORCED WITH CHOPPED BASALT FIBER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no. pp617-623, December-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712114.pdf