Comparison of mechanical and tribological properties of CrBN coatings modified by Ni or Cu incorporation

Qianzhi WANG; Xuxin JIN; Fei ZHOU

doi:10.1007/s40544-020-0475-z

Friction 2022, 10(4): 516-529 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-020-0475-z

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Comparison of mechanical and tribological properties of CrBN coatings modified by Ni or Cu incorporation

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Qianzhi WANG^¹(

), Xuxin JIN^², Fei ZHOU^{¹^,²^,³}

1 National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

2 College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

3 State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

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friction, wear, CrBN coatings, lubrication effect, transmission component

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WANG Q, JIN X, ZHOU F. Comparison of mechanical and tribological properties of CrBN coatings modified by Ni or Cu incorporation. Friction, 2022, 10(4): 516-529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-020-0475-z

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To compare the merits of Ni and Cu, the mechanical and tribological properties of CrBN coatings modified by Ni or Cu incorporation were studied. The results demonstrated that the CrBN-Cu coatings presented a lower friction coefficient than CrBN and CrBN-Ni coatings owing to the improved lubrication effect of the CuO layer originating from the tribochemical reaction. However, the hardness decline due to Cu incorporation was much greater than that of Ni incorporation. Thus, the CrBN-Cu coatings exhibited a higher wear rate than the CrBN coating. In contrast, the plastic deformation enhancement induced by Ni incorporation exceeded the hardness decline. Therefore, the wear of CrBN-Ni coatings partially turned to plastic deformation to present a lower wear rate than that of the CrBN coating.

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Comparison of mechanical and tribological properties of CrBN coatings modified by Ni or Cu incorporation

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Qianzhi WANG^¹(

), Xuxin JIN^², Fei ZHOU^{¹^,²^,³}

1 National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

2 College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

3 State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

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Keywords: friction, wear, CrBN coatings, lubrication effect, transmission component

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Received: 31 July 2020

Revised: 05 October 2020

Accepted: 22 November 2020

Published: 05 April 2022

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This work has been financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51705245), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20170794), and National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Grant No. HTL-A-20G06).

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