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Influence of Lubricants on Wear and Self-Lubricating Mechanisms of Ni3Al Matrix Self-Lubricating Composites

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A research is conducted on the possible beneficial synergistic effects of multiple additives in self-lubricating composites for use in high temperature friction and wear-related mechanical assemblies. Dry sliding tribological tests of Ni3Al matrix self-lubricating composites (NMSCs) on a HT-1000 ball-on-disk high-temperature tribometer are undertaken against Si3N4 at 25-800 °C. The results show that the subsurface microstructures beneath wear scar of NMSCs change with addition of different lubricants, which have great effects on tribological mechanisms and tribological performances. NMSC with addition of MoS2 and Ti3SiC2 exhibits distinct subsurface microstructure beneath wear scar and excellent tribological performance among all samples.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51275370); the Nature Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2012FFB05104); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014-yb-004); the Project for Science and Technology Plan of Wuhan City (2013010501010139); the Academic Leader Program of Wuhan City (201150530146); and the Project for Teaching and Research project of Wuhan University of Technology (2012016). The authors also wish to gratefully thank the Material Research and Testing Center of Wuhan University of Technology for their assistance.

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Yao, J., Shi, X., Zhai, W. et al. Influence of Lubricants on Wear and Self-Lubricating Mechanisms of Ni3Al Matrix Self-Lubricating Composites. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 24, 280–295 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-014-1266-3

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