Water-based superlubricity in vacuum

Chen XIAO; Jinjin LI; Lei CHEN; Chenhui ZHANG; Ningning ZHOU; Tao QING; Linmao QIAN; Jiyang ZHANG; Jianbin LUO

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Friction 2019, 7(2): 192-198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-018-0212-z

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Water-based superlubricity in vacuum

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Chen XIAO^¹, Jinjin LI^², Lei CHEN^¹, Chenhui ZHANG^², Ningning ZHOU^³, Tao QING^³, Linmao QIAN^¹(

), Jiyang ZHANG^³, Jianbin LUO^²

1 Tribology Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China

2 State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Long-life Technology of Precise Rotation and Transmission Mechanisms, Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Beijing 100094, China

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friction, vacuum, phosphoric acid, water-based superlubricity

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XIAO C, LI J, CHEN L, et al. Water-based superlubricity in vacuum. Friction, 2019, 7(2): 192-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-018-0212-z

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This study achieved water-based superlubricity with the lubrication of H₃PO₄ solution in vacuum (highest vacuum degree <10^-4 torr) for the first time by performing a pre-running process in air before running in vacuum. The stable water-based superlubricity was sustainable in vacuum (0.02 torr) for 14 h until the test was stopped by the user for non-experimental factor. A further analysis suggested that the superlubricity may be attributed to the phosphoric acid-water network formed in air, which can efficiently lock water molecules in the liquid lubricating film even in vacuum owing to the strong hydrogen bond interaction. Such capability to lock water is strongly affected by the strength of hydrogen bond and environmental conditions. The realization of water-based superlubricity with H₃PO₄ solution in vacuum can lead to its application in space environment.

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Water-based superlubricity in vacuum

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Chen XIAO^¹, Jinjin LI^², Lei CHEN^¹, Chenhui ZHANG^², Ningning ZHOU^³, Tao QING^³, Linmao QIAN^¹(

), Jiyang ZHANG^³, Jianbin LUO^²

1 Tribology Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China

2 State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Long-life Technology of Precise Rotation and Transmission Mechanisms, Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Beijing 100094, China

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Keywords: friction, vacuum, phosphoric acid, water-based superlubricity

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Received: 10 September 2017

Revised: 06 November 2017

Accepted: 10 February 2018

Published: 04 April 2018

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51527901, 51405256), and Self-developed Project of State Key Laboratory of Traction Power (No. 2017TPL_Z02).

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