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Tribological Properties of a Nano-Eutectic Fe1.87C0.13 Alloy Under Water Environment

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Tribological properties of a nano-eutectic Fe1.87C0.13 alloy were investigated under distilled-water lubrication against AISI52100 steel ball for various applied loads and sliding speeds. For comparison, the tribological behavior of annealed coarse-grained Fe1.87C0.13 alloy was also examined under the same testing conditions. Worn surfaces of both alloys were analyzed by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The wear rate of nano-eutectic Fe1.87C0.13 alloy was on the order of 10−5 mm3/m. The wear rate of nano-eutectic Fe1.87C0.13 alloy was higher than that of annealed Fe1.87C0.13 alloy at lower load, but lower under higher load. The friction coefficients of the two alloys were similar and exhibited a slight increase with increasing sliding speed, but a small decrease with increasing applied load. The wear mechanism of the nano-eutectic Fe1.87C0.13 alloy was transformed from plowing and corrosion wear to slight fatigue cracking with increasing applied load, whereas that of the annealed coarse-grained Fe1.87C0.13 alloy was transformed from plowing and corrosion wear to severe fatigue flaking.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50801064), the National 973 Project of China (2007CB607601), and the Innovation Group Foundation from NSFC (50721062).

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

    Lin Wang, Jun Yang, Jiqiang Ma, Qinling Bi, Licai Fu, Junying Hao & Weimin Liu

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

    Lin Wang & Jiqiang Ma

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Wang, L., Yang, J., Ma, J. et al. Tribological Properties of a Nano-Eutectic Fe1.87C0.13 Alloy Under Water Environment. Tribol Lett 40, 105–111 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-010-9644-y

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