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Super-low friction of ta-C coating in presence of oleic acid

Show Author's Information Makoto KANO1,  Jean Michel MARTIN2( ),  Kentaro YOSHIDA1,  Maria Isabel DE BARROS BOUCHET2
Division of Mechanical & Material Engineering, Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center 705-1 Shimo-Imaizumi, Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan
LTDS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon 69380, Ecully, France
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friction, wear, epoxy composite, short carbon fiber
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KANO M, MARTIN JM, YOSHIDA K, et al. Super-low friction of ta-C coating in presence of oleic acid. Friction, 2014, 2(2): 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-014-0047-1
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Friction tests have been carried out on bearing steel friction pairs coated with a-C:H and ta-C under lubricated conditions with 1-hexadecene and pure oleic acid, respectively. Main results show that ta-C leads to the super-low regime with oleic acid (friction coefficient below 0.01) and that a-C:H is quite well lubricated by 1-hexadecen. Surface analyses by coupling X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) have been carried out in the case of oleic acid with ta-C and a-C:H coatings. Results show that tribochemical reactions have occurred. OH groups terminate the ta-C surface whereas a-C:H is covered by a thin tribofilm and is terminated by oleic acid monolayers. The superlow regime in the case of ta-C is mainly attributed to the presence of the OH-termination.


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Super-low friction of ta-C coating in presence of oleic acid

Show Author's information Makoto KANO1, Jean Michel MARTIN2( ), Kentaro YOSHIDA1, Maria Isabel DE BARROS BOUCHET2
Division of Mechanical & Material Engineering, Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center 705-1 Shimo-Imaizumi, Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan
LTDS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon 69380, Ecully, France

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Friction tests have been carried out on bearing steel friction pairs coated with a-C:H and ta-C under lubricated conditions with 1-hexadecene and pure oleic acid, respectively. Main results show that ta-C leads to the super-low regime with oleic acid (friction coefficient below 0.01) and that a-C:H is quite well lubricated by 1-hexadecen. Surface analyses by coupling X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) have been carried out in the case of oleic acid with ta-C and a-C:H coatings. Results show that tribochemical reactions have occurred. OH groups terminate the ta-C surface whereas a-C:H is covered by a thin tribofilm and is terminated by oleic acid monolayers. The superlow regime in the case of ta-C is mainly attributed to the presence of the OH-termination.

Keywords: friction, wear, epoxy composite, short carbon fiber

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Received: 12 December 2013
Revised: 15 March 2014
Accepted: 27 March 2014
Published: 05 May 2014
Issue date: June 2014

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