Tribological properties of ormosil coatings

Transparent plastics are not scratch resistant. The damage leads to a loss of optical properties. Coatings prepared using either tetraethoxysilane or colloidal silica particles embedded in glymo is a way to avoid these disadvantages. Tribological experiments are carried out to better understand the surface modification due to a sliding friction. It is shown that the wear track is not directly related to usual mechanical properties such as Young's modulus and the hardness of the coating. The different stages leading to material loss are discussed in term of particle removal and debris circulation (accumulation or elimination) through the friction track. The mechanical properties of the film combined with the film to substrate adhesion are expected to play an important role as it can be deduced from results obtained as a function of the coating composition.     

In situ friction study of Ag Underpotential deposition (UPD) on Au(111) in aqueous electrolyte

The electrodeposition of silver on Au(111) was investigated using lateral force microscopy (LFM) in Ag⁺ containing sulfuric acid. Friction force images show that adsorbed sulfate forms structure ( on Au(111) prior to Ag underpotential deposition (UPD) and structure ( ) on a complete monolayer or bilayer of Ag. Variation of friction with normal load shows a non-monotonous dependence, which is caused by increasing penetration of the tip into the sulfate adlayer. In addition, the friction force is influenced by the varying coverage and mobility of Ag atoms on the surface. Before Ag coverage reaches the critical value, the deposited silver atoms may be mobile enough to be dragged by the movement of AFM tip. Possible penetration of the tip into the UPD layer at very high loads is discussed as a model for self-healing wear. However, when the coverage of Ag is close to 1, the deposited Ag atoms are tight enough to resist the influence of the AFM tip and the tip penetrates only into the sulfate adlayer.     

High frequency circular translation pin-on-disc wear testing of UHMWPE using a ball-on-flat contact along a hypotrochoidal track

To intensify experimental research within the field of orthopaedic tribology, a three-station, dual motion, high frequency (25.3 Hz) circular translation pin-on-disc wear test device was recently introduced. In the present study, the pins were CoCr with a spherical, polished bearing surface of 28 mm radius, whereas the flat discs were conventional UHMWPE. This configuration was intended to simulate the wear mechanisms of total knee prostheses. The number of wear cycles run was as high as 200 million. The mean wear rate was 0.35 mg per one million cycles (0.77 mg/24 h) which corresponded to a mean wear factor of 3.5 × 10⁻⁶ mm³/Nm. The study provided further proof that a wear test for orthopaedic implant materials can be accelerated by substantially increasing the cycle frequency, provided that the sliding velocity remains close to the values obtained from biomechanical studies. Hence, the moderate frictional heating will not lead to unrealistic wear mechanisms.     

Evaluation of bias voltage effect on diamond‐like carbon coating properties deposited on tungsten carbide cobalt

Diamond‐like carbon (DLC) coatings are getting new trends for cutting tool applications. In this research work, the DLC coatings were deposited on 15 × 15 × 5‐mm tungsten carbide cobalt substrates with variation of bias voltage from 0 to 500 V. The DLC films of 400 nm were deposited using filter cathode vacuum arc system, and 100‐nm chromium interlayer was deposited by sputtering. The optimized conditions for plasma pretreatment at different argon flow rates and deposition rates with bias variation were found. The effect of bias voltage on microstructure, tribology, adhesion, and mechanical properties were evaluated. The characterization techniques employed were field emission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, wear test, SEM, scratch test, and nano‐indentation. The effect of substrate pretreatment on film adhesion was also evaluated. It was observed that etching rate increased with the increase in Ar flow rate while DLC deposition and sputtering rates decreased with increase in the bias voltage. The characterization suggests the DLC coatings deposited at 0 V bias as optimum condition because of showing the best results among all other conditions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Mechanical and tribological properties of DLC coatings deposited by plasma-based ion implantation and deposition method on polyoxymethylene

Polyoxymethylene (POM, polyacetal) is one of the most popular plastics for machine elements, especially in Japan. However, it is difficult to use it under severe operating conditions such as high speed and high contact pressure. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings were well known to be tribological and functional coatings. However, both POM and DLC coatings are difficult to adhere them each other. In the present paper, DLC coatings are deposited by plasma-based ion implantation and deposition (PBIID) method on POM substrate, and validity of DLC coatings on POM was investigated through friction and mechanical tests. When gas pressure was 0.2 and 0.8 Pa, hardness and adhesion properties of DLC coating deposited under gas pressure of 0.5 Pa were lower compared with under 0.2 and 0.8 Pa. For preparing DLC coatings having hard and good adhesion properties, relatively thin substrate was suitable. A correlation between relative humidity in the laboratory and friction coefficient was confirmed while DLC coatings remain on the substrate.     

Recoil spectrometry: Ion accelerator based elemental characterisation of surface layers

Recoil Spectrometry covers a group of techniques that are very similar to the well known Rutherford backscattering Spectrometry technique, but with the important difference that one measures the recoiling target atom rather than the projectile ion. This makes it possible to determine both the identity of the recoil and its depth of origin from its energy and velocity, using a suitable detector system. The incident ion is typically high-energy (30–100MeV)³⁵C1,⁸¹Br or¹²⁷I. Low concentrations of light elements such as C, O and N can be profiled in a heavy matrix such as Fe or GaAs. Here we present an overview of mass and energy dispersive recoil Spectrometry and illustrate its successful use in some typical applications.     

表面修饰ZrO_2纳米微粒的结构表征及摩擦学行为研究(英文)

采用XPS,FTIR,DSC,TGA等多种现代分析手段表征了硬脂酸修饰ZrO2 纳米微粒的结构.在四球摩擦磨损试验机上,首次评价了表面修饰ZrO2 纳米微粒用作润滑油添加剂的摩擦学性能,结果表明ZrO2 纳米微粒具有良好的抗磨减摩性     

三氟乙酸修饰TiO_2纳米微粒的制备及磨擦学性能

采用化学法制备一种粒径约50nm的三氟乙酸修饰TiO2纳米微粒,并用高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)、傅立叶红外(FTIR)和热分析(TG、DTA)、X射线粉末衍射(XRD)等手段对该纳米微粒进行了表征,用MRS 10A型四球磨擦试验机考察了该纳米微粒在液体石蜡中的磨擦学性能 结果表明:三氟乙酸修饰TiO2纳米微粒能分散于液体石蜡中且具有较好的抗磨性能,能极大地提高液体石腊的抗磨性和承载能力,降低了磨擦系数     

油溶性羧酸镧的合成及其摩擦学性能研究

合成了1种不含硫磷的新型稀土化合物,该化合物在液体石蜡中具有较好的溶解性.热重分析(TGA)表明该化合物热稳定性较好.采用四球摩擦磨损试验机考察了其作为添加剂在液体石蜡中的减摩抗磨性能,结果表明当添加剂的含量为3.0%(w/w)时,与商业化的ZDDP相比具有更好的减摩抗磨效果.当与一定量的有机配体进行复配后,其性能可得到进一步提升.采用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)对磨斑表面进行了分析,结果发现La以羧酸镧和单质镧的形成存在,表明添加剂与金属表面发生了摩擦化学反应.俄歇电子能谱(AES)对元素的深度分布情况表明La向金属基体发生了渗透.含有羧酸镧的吸附膜和含有单质镧、羧酸亚铁的反应膜共同构成了高性能的边界润滑膜.     

CePO4纳米微粒的摩擦学行为

稀土元素由于具有４ｆ电子特性，使其元素及其化合物具有许多特殊的性能．因此，研究和开发稀土在润滑材料领域的应用，具有重要意义［１～６］．本文采用吸附共沉淀表面修饰法制备了磷酸烷酯修饰的ＣｅＰＯ４纳米微粒，并将其分散于基础润滑油中考察其摩擦学行为，试图利...