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Sliding Wear Response of a Bronze Bushing: Influence of Applied Load and Test Environment

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This investigation pertains to the examination of the sliding wear behavior of a leaded-tin bronze bushing under the conditions of varying applied loads and test environments against a steel shaft. The test environment was changed by adding 5% of solid lubricants like talc and lead to an oil lubricant separately as well as in combination; the fraction of the two (solid) lubricants within the solid lubricant mixture was varied in the range of 25-75% in the latter case. The wear performance of the bushing was characterized in terms of the wear rate, frictional heating, and friction coefficient. The increasing load led to deterioration in the wear response, while the addition of the solid lubricant particles produced a reverse effect. Further, an appreciable difference in the wear behavior was not observed when the tests were conducted in the oil plus talc and oil plus lead lubricant mixtures. However, the oil containing lead and talc together brought about a significant improvement in the wear response; best results were obtained in the case of the lubricant mixture consisting of lead and talc together in the ratio of 3:1 in the oil. The observed wear behavior of the samples has been discussed in terms of specific characteristics of various microconstituents. The features of the wear surfaces and subsurface regions further substantiated the wear response and enabled us to understand the operating material removal mechanisms.

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Prasad, B.K. Sliding Wear Response of a Bronze Bushing: Influence of Applied Load and Test Environment. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 21, 2155–2164 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-012-0139-x

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