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Potential application of graphene nanoplatelets as a high temperature lubricant for hot rolling

Show Author's Information Long WANG1,2,  Anh Kiet TIEU2( ),  Ming MA3,  Jiaqing LI2,  Guojuan HAI4,  Hongtao ZHU2( )
State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710021, China
School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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graphene, high temperature lubricant, hot rolling, tribology properties
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WANG L, TIEU AK, MA M, et al. Potential application of graphene nanoplatelets as a high temperature lubricant for hot rolling. Friction, 2022, 10(11): 1810-1823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-021-0556-7
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Graphene has been shown to be a promising solid lubricant to reduce friction and wear of the sliding counterparts, and currently is reported to only function below 600 °C. In this study, its potential as a lubricant above 600 °C was studied using a ball-on-disc tribo-meter and a rolling mill. Friction results suggest that a reduction up to 50% can be obtained with graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) under lubricated conditions between 600 and 700 °C when compared with dry tests. and this friction reduction can last more than 3 min. At 800 and 900 °C, the friction reduction is stable for 70 and 40 s, respectively, which indicates that GnP can potentially provide an effective lubrication for hot metal forming processes. Hot rolling experiments on steel strips indicate that GnP reduces the rolling force by 11%, 7.4%, and 6.9% at 795, 890, and 960 °C, respectively. These friction reductions are attributed to the easily sheared GnP between the rubbing interfaces. A temperature higher than 600 °C will lead to the gasification of the residual graphene on the strip surface, which is believed to reduce the black contamination from traditional graphite lubricant.


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Potential application of graphene nanoplatelets as a high temperature lubricant for hot rolling

Show Author's information Long WANG1,2, Anh Kiet TIEU2( ), Ming MA3, Jiaqing LI2, Guojuan HAI4, Hongtao ZHU2( )
State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710021, China
School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China

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Graphene has been shown to be a promising solid lubricant to reduce friction and wear of the sliding counterparts, and currently is reported to only function below 600 °C. In this study, its potential as a lubricant above 600 °C was studied using a ball-on-disc tribo-meter and a rolling mill. Friction results suggest that a reduction up to 50% can be obtained with graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) under lubricated conditions between 600 and 700 °C when compared with dry tests. and this friction reduction can last more than 3 min. At 800 and 900 °C, the friction reduction is stable for 70 and 40 s, respectively, which indicates that GnP can potentially provide an effective lubrication for hot metal forming processes. Hot rolling experiments on steel strips indicate that GnP reduces the rolling force by 11%, 7.4%, and 6.9% at 795, 890, and 960 °C, respectively. These friction reductions are attributed to the easily sheared GnP between the rubbing interfaces. A temperature higher than 600 °C will lead to the gasification of the residual graphene on the strip surface, which is believed to reduce the black contamination from traditional graphite lubricant.

Keywords: graphene, high temperature lubricant, hot rolling, tribology properties

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Received: 01 July 2021
Revised: 20 August 2021
Accepted: 20 September 2021
Published: 20 May 2022
Issue date: November 2022

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This work was supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project (No. DP190103455) and the Linkage Project (No. LP160101871). The authors thankfully acknowledge the assistance of Mr. Maosheng Chai at Tsinghua University to conduct the Raman mapping analysis.

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