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Functionally graded materials are a new class of inhomogeneous materials, where the composition or the microstructure is locally varied within a component in order to achieve the desired location-specific material properties. In the present study, the tribological characteristics of hyper-eutectic A390 functionally graded aluminium alloy modified by the addition of 2% and 4% of magnesium are examined...