Study of tribological properties and lubrication mechanism of surfactant-coated anthracite sheets used as lubricant additives

Hailong LIU; Yajing HUANG; Yaozhu WANG; Xiaomin ZHAO; Danqing CHEN; Guohua CHEN

doi:10.1007/s40544-019-0357-4

Friction 2021, 9(3): 524-537 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-019-0357-4

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Study of tribological properties and lubrication mechanism of surfactant-coated anthracite sheets used as lubricant additives

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1 College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361000, China

2 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361000, China

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lubricant additive, tribological properties, anthracite, protective film-mending effect

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LIU H, HUANG Y, WANG Y, et al. Study of tribological properties and lubrication mechanism of surfactant-coated anthracite sheets used as lubricant additives. Friction, 2021, 9(3): 524-537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-019-0357-4

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Anthracite sheets were coated by sorbitol fatty acid ester (span80) through ball-milling process. The tribological properties of the span80-coated anthracite sheets as the additive in polyalpha olefin were evaluated through a series of friction tests using a four ball machine. The results revealed that the span80-coated anthracite sheets exhibited excellent dispersion stability in base oil. In addition, compared with base oil, the average coefficient of friction, wear scar diameter, and wear volume of modified oil at a mass fraction of 0.03% span80-coated anthracite sheets decreased by 45.39%, 60.13%, and 95.95%, respectively. The oil containing span80-coated anthracite sheets achieved good friction-reducing and anti-wear effects over a wide range of applied loads, temperatures, or rotating speeds. Control experiments were performed as well. The results obtained using span80-coated anthracite sheets were superior to those obtained using pure anthracite. The lubrication mechanism was attributed to the synergistic action of the crystalline and amorphous carbon in anthracite sheets as they formed a protective film and played a mitigative role on the surface of friction pair, which mitigated the wear extent of the friction pair.

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Study of tribological properties and lubrication mechanism of surfactant-coated anthracite sheets used as lubricant additives

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Hailong LIU^{¹^,²}, Yajing HUANG^², Yaozhu WANG^², Xiaomin ZHAO^², Danqing CHEN^², Guohua CHEN^²(

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1 College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361000, China

2 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361000, China

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Keywords: lubricant additive, tribological properties, anthracite, protective film-mending effect

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Received: 29 August 2019

Revised: 30 October 2019

Accepted: 18 December 2019

Published: 15 June 2020

Issue date: June 2021

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51373059), Science and Technology Projects in Fujian Province (Nos. 2017H2001, 2018H0019, and 2018H6012), Science and Technology Innovation Team of Huaqiao University (No. Z14X0046), Subsidized Project for Postgraduates’ Innovative Fund in Scientific Research of Huaqiao University, the Graphene Powder & Composite Research Center, Development and Reform Commission of Fujian Province.

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