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Influence of lubricant filling on the dry sliding wear behaviors of hybrid PTFE/Nomex fabric composite

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To improve the antiwear property and load carrying capacity of hybrid PTFE/Nomex fabric/phenolic composites, graphene and graphene oxide (GO) had been synthesized and were employed as fillers, together with graphite. Sliding wear tests show that the wear rates of filler-reinforced PTFE/Nomex fabric composites were reduced greatly when compared to unfilled fabric composite. Besides, it was found that the 2 wt% GO filled PTFE/Nomex fabric composites exhibited the optimal tribological properties. It was proposed that the self-lubrication of GO, the favorable interface stability of the composite, and the uniform transfer film on the counterpart pin contributed together to the reinforced tribological property of GO filled PTFE/Nomex fabric composite. We also investigated the influence of filler content, applied load, sliding speed, and tensile and bonding strength on the tribological properties of PTFE/Nomex fabric composites.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51375472 and 51305429).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianshui Road 18th, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Guina Ren, Zhaozhu Zhang, Xiaotao Zhu, Xuehu Men & Weimin Liu

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China

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Ren, G., Zhang, Z., Zhu, X. et al. Influence of lubricant filling on the dry sliding wear behaviors of hybrid PTFE/Nomex fabric composite. J Mater Sci 49, 3716–3724 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8081-y

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