LIST OF FIGURES

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2.1 Aluminium Plate 3

2.2 Boron Carbide Powder 4

2.3 Graphite Powder 5

2.4 Melt Stirring Test Apparatus 6

2.5 Work of Scanning Electron Microscopy 7

2.6 Schematic Diagrams of Hardness Test 8

2.7 Tensile Test Specimen 9

2.8 Schematic Illustration of Compressive Test 10

2.9 Schematic of Abrasive Wear 12

2.10 Schematic Representation of Fretting Wear 13

2.11 Schematic Representation of Adhesive and Oxidative Wear 14

2.12 Schematic Representation of Contact Fatigue 15

2.13 Schematic of a Pin-on-Disc Wear Test and the 16

Arrangement of Samples

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