Preparation of Aluminium Foam using Recycled Beverage Cans, Na-CL salt and Discarded Dry Battery powder

Abstract

In this work, an attempt has been made to prepare Aluminium Foam by using recycled beverage cans, dry battery powder and Sodium Chloride (Nacl) powder particles. Three samples were prepared with the following combinations: Sample I = 2 kg of recycled Aluminium cans + 10 wt. % of Nacl salt and 10 wt. % of dry battery powder particles; Sample II = 2 kg of recycled Aluminium cans + 15 wt. % of Nacl salt and 15 wt. % of dry battery powder particles; Sample III = 2 kg of recycled Aluminium cans + 20 wt. % of Nacl salt and 20 wt. % of dry battery powder particles. The prepared samples were subjected to hardness test using brinel harness testing apparatus. From the experimental results, the sample-III has shown better hardness when compared to the other samples taken for the investigation, indicates that increasing the reinforcement content increases the hardness of the Aluminium Foam.