Adoption of powder metallurgy technique used aluminum as the metal matrix with 99.7% purity and ≥03μm particle size reinforced with alumina (Al2O3) 99.7% purity with 53 μm in size and Silicon Carbide (SiC) 99.7% purity with ≥95μm in size to prepare the (Al - 10wt% Al2O3– 20wt%SiC) composite, these composites were cold pressed through uniaxial pressing at different pressure of (500,600,700,800,900)MPa and sintered at 550oC for one hour. The composite products were treated thermally using both rapid isothermal heating and traditional heating at temperature 400oC for 15min and then cooled in steady air. The research aims to study the effect of pressing pressure, heat treatments on the properties of the samples since it was found that the physical properties (density, porosity and thermal conductivity) increases with increasing pressing pressure and increase significantly after heat treatment (rapid isothermal heating and traditional heating) was accompanied by an increase in the mechanical properties (hardness, compressive strength ).

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid-state welding technique with non-fusible rotary welds. Heat is generated by the friction produced between the weld tool and the two opposite surfaces of the two welded parts and the tool works on mechanical mixing with the presence of heat, pressure, and heat generated, reaching approximately (80-90%) of the melting point of the metal to be welded. In this study, Al 1050 H14 aluminum with a thickness of (6mm) was used for the purpose of welding it by means of the friction stir welding process in a butt welding method to obtain similar welding joints. A set with a square stitching tool Made of alloy steel was used by using a milling machine, with fixed (rotational speed of 1008 rpm and linear velocity of 40mm / min), an inclination angle of (2o), and counterclockwise rotation. The efficiency of welded joints was evaluated through static mechanical tests. Tensile tests, microscopic hardness, and visual examination. The results for all welds showed that the mixing zone (NZ) consists of fine grains of equal axes compared to the base metal. When welding on one side and in one path, the microstructure of HAZ was similar to the base metal. TAMZ was a transition region between HAZ and NZ. As for welding on one side, with two paths and three paths, the structure turned into a fine crystalline structure. By increasing the number of paths per side, the welding efficiency of the welded sample increased as the best efficiency was from one side and three paths (76.215%). Through the results, the tensile strength increases with the increase in the number of paths, as the best tensile strength was obtained when conducting the welding process from one side and by three paths, which is (93.653 MPa). It is equivalent to 76.21% of the tensile strength of the base metal. The hardness value in the weld zone (NZ) is higher than the other two zones (HAZ, TMAZ) due to the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization, which results in very fine and equiaxial crystals, but the hardness value in the weld zone remains less than the hardness value of the base metal.