Wear Study of a Magnetron-Sputtered TiC/a-C Nanocomposite Coating under Media-Lubricated Oscillating Sliding Conditions
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Friction and wear performance of non-reactively magnetron-sputtered hydrogen-free TiC/a-C coatings were characterized under lubricated oscillating sliding conditions against 100Cr6 steel. The friction mediators, isooctane, ethanol and distilled water, were chosen to address the actual trend of environmentally friendly green technologies in mobility and the potential use of carbon-based nanocomposite thin film materials for tribocomponents in contact with gasoline and alternative biofuels. Sliding pairs of the TiC/a-C coatings showed significantly reduced friction and wear compared to the reference materials under both unlubricated and lubricated conditions (when using the aforementioned media isooctane, ethanol and distilled water). Quasi-stationary friction coefficient of the TiC/a-C sliding pairs after running-in was almost independent of test conditions and could be traced back to self-lubrication as a result of the formation of a transfer layer on the steel counter body. Wear of the coatings based on micro-abrasion and tribochemical reaction was significantly influenced by the environmental conditions. Lowest wear was measured after tests in non-polar isooctane whereas highest wear was measured after tests in water.
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OpenAlex topics: Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research · Metal and Thin Film Mechanics · Tribology and Wear Analysis
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Institute for Applied Materials (IAM-ZM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute for Applied Materials (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Evatec AG, Hauptstrasse 1a, 9477 Trübbach, Switzerland
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