Accumulative roll bonding is a severe plastic forming process recently proposed to manufacture ceramic particle reinforced-multi-layered metal matrix composites. In this work, low-cost composite multi-layered laminate was produced by roll bonding commercially pure aluminium 1100 with 5% in volume of reinforcing micro-scale silicon carbide particles. Microstructural features, hardness, tensile properties in the presence of stress concentrators, and wear resistance were assessed.Fracture surface inspection was carried out to determine operating failure mechanisms.Hardness was significantly enhanced, whereas tensile properties only moderately improved by ceramic particles incorporation. The main reasons were limited recrystallization and work-hardening relief due to periodic annealing, not completely dispersed particulate phase, some particle agglomeration. Though tensile properties increments were not much attractive, exceptional increase in wear performance was achieved due to the addition of ceramic particulate phase, which acted as solid lubricant mitigating abrasion, adhesion, and delamination wear mechanisms. The use of the manufactured composite laminate could then be worthwhile in applications where lowcost, notch insensitivity, and superior wear resistance are design requirements.
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