%0 Journal Article %T Structural and mechanical properties of CeO2 reinforced Al matrix nanocomposites %J Advanced Materials Letters %I International Association of Advanced Materials %Z 0976-3961 %A Mohammed, Himyan %A Penchal Reddy, Matli %A Ubaid, Fareeha %A Shakoor, Abdul %A Mohamed Amer Mohamed, Adel %D 2018 %\ 08/01/2018 %V 9 %N 8 %P 602-605 %! Structural and mechanical properties of CeO2 reinforced Al matrix nanocomposites %K Aluminum %K CeO2 nanoparticles %K microwave sintering %K surface profilometry %K mechanical behavior %R 10.5185/amlett.2018.2030 %X In this study, Al-CeO2 nanocomposites containing various concentrations of reinforcement were fabricated by ball milling and microwave sintering process. A comparison of structural and mechanical properties of the developed nanocomposites is presented to elucidate the effect of reinforcement. Different characterizing tools such as X-ray diffractometer (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), surface profilometrer, microhardness tester and universal compression testing machines were employed. XRD and SEM/EDX analyses reveal the presence and uniform distribution of CeO2 nanoparticles into the Al matrix. A significant increase in microhardness and compressive strength is noticed with increasing concentration of CeO2 nanoparticles due to a dispersion hardening effect of the reinforcement. Our study indicates that the concentration of reinforcement has a significant influence of the properties of Al-CeO2 nanocomposites. It is further noticed that Al-2.0 vol.% CeO2 nanocomposite demonstrates the best performance as compared to pure Al and other developed nanocomposites. %U https://aml.iaamonline.org/article_15238_5157bf58dc8b1759488c17731e233d05.pdf