“…It is also observed that with an increased content of beryl in the matrix alloy there was a significant improvement in the hardness of the composites. This trend is similar to the results of other researchers (Alpas & Zhang, 1992;Das, Mondal, Sawla, & Ramakrishnan, 2008;Kim & Park, 1984;Kulkarni, Robi, Prasad, & Ramakrishnan, 1996;Roy, Basu, & Basu Mallick, 2005;Sawla & Das, 2004;Song, Krauklis, Mouritz, & Bandyopadhyay, 1995;Subramanian, 1992;Wahab, Daud, & Ghazali, 2009;Wang & Rack, 1991;Wu & Li, 2000). This increase in hardness is expected since the beryl particulates, being a very hard ceramic material, contribute positively to the hardness of the composite.…”