Improvement of tribological properties of aluminium surface with anodizing process and titanium dioxide supplement

Abstract

Aluminium was used in many industrial applications due to good properties such as ductile, high corrosion resistant and high electrical conductivity. Since wear resistance of aluminium was very poor so that it was a limitation of using this material in several conditions. In this research, aluminium was improved the wear resistance properties by using anodizing process and adding some titanium dioxide particles on the surface. The effect of anodizing process duration on the wear resistence property was studied. It was found that the process duration and amount of titanium dioxide play the important role on improvement of tribological properties of aluminium.