Tribological Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Aluminum Functionally Graded Materials Fabricated by Centrifugal Slurry Methods
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Reviewer 1 Report
Overall the novelty of the manuscript is good.
the method is used for fabrication Centrifugal Slurry Methods which is good.
need to add scope of further study in the conclusion part.
kindly check the language.
some of the typo errors in the manuscript.
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Thanikodi Sathish, Vinayagam Mohanavel, Khalid Ansari, Rathinasamy Saravanan, Alagar Karthick, Asif Afzal, Sagr Alamri, C Ahamed Saleel ‘Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanical Properties and Wire Cut EDM Process Parameters Analysis in AZ61 Magnesium Alloy+ B4C+ SiC, Materials, 14, 3689, 1-21, 2021.
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Comments and Suggestions for Authors
Overall the novelty of the manuscript is good.
the method is used for fabrication Centrifugal Slurry Methods which is good.
need to add scope of further study in the conclusion part.
The author has fixed the problem.
The author has put the sentence, “In the future work, the orientation of CNT in the FGMs will be controlled by post-sintering mechanical treatments.” in the conclusion part.
kindly check the language.
The author has checked the language and revised the manuscript.
some of the typo errors in the manuscript.
The author has revised the manuscript.
If there any ethical approval is required for this manuscript.
The author has added the sentence.
“Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest”.
Kindly add this latest reference in your article
Thanikodi Sathish, Vinayagam Mohanavel, Khalid Ansari, Rathinasamy Saravanan, Alagar Karthick, Asif Afzal, Sagr Alamri, C Ahamed Saleel ‘Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanical Properties and Wire Cut EDM Process Parameters Analysis in AZ61 Magnesium Alloy+ B4C+ SiC, Materials, 14, 3689, 1-21, 2021.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Line 74 and 76, please check the diameters of MWCNT and Al powder.
Fig. 7 and Fig. 10, please make the colors easy to distinguish.
Line 204-206, the authors investigated the tribological characteristics at rotation speed 150 rpm, please specify the reasons.
The figures are presented in different styles, please try to make legend, tile and font size constant.
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Comments and Suggestions for Authors
Line 74 and 76, please check the diameters of MWCNT and Al powder.
The author has fixed the problem.
Fig. 7 and Fig. 10, please make the colors easy to distinguish.
The author has fixed the problem.
Line 204-206, the authors investigated the tribological characteristics at rotation speed 150 rpm, please specify the reasons.
The author shows the tribological characteristics at rotation speed of 150 rpm in Fig. 9 as a typical one. The same tendency can be seen in other rotation speed samples. The results for CNT-rich surfaces of the samples with rotation speeds of 250 rpm and 350 rpm are shown below (Fig.1 R).
(Please see the attached file including Figure 1 R.)
- 250 rpm (b) 350 rpm
Figure 1 R Ball-on-disk test results for surfaces of CNT-rich surfaces of FGMs with the rotation speed of (a) 250 rpm and (b) 350 rpm.
The figures are presented in different styles, please try to make legend, tile and font size constant.
The author has fixed the problem.
