Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Effect of transfer film morphology on the wear rate of SiC/PTFE composite

  • Original Research
  • Published:
Iranian Polymer Journal Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In our previous work, it was found that there was a good correlation between the transfer film structure and wear rate of polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) composites, and the transfer film presented a “terrace-like structure” under the influence of fillers. But whether that phenomenon was applicable to different fillers was not verified. In this work, the transfer film formed by silicon carbide (SiC)-filled PTFE was selected to study deeply. The results showed that the “terrace-like structure” was also formed by SiC/PTFE composite, where the number of transfer film layers was 2–3, and the thickness of each layer was about 0.1 μm. Such phenomenon was different compared with that of silicon dioxide (SiO2)/PTFE composite. By the segmented linear fitting between transfer film thickness and composite wear rate, we found that the effect of changes in transfer film thickness on the wear rate of composite can be divided into two stages: stable stage and promotion stage, and the correlation between maximum thickness and composite wear rate was enhanced. Similar phenomena were also reflected in the relationship between transfer film coverage and the wear rate of the SiC/PTFE composite. The maximum thickness and coverage of the transfer film had different effects on the wear rate of the composite at different stages. When the transfer film coverage was less than 24.8%, the change of the coverage rate of the transfer film showed a great impact on the wear rate of the composite. And when the transfer film maximum thickness was more than 0.342 μm, the change of the maximum thickness of the transfer film had a great impact on the wear rate of the composite.

Graphical abstract

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11

Similar content being viewed by others

Data availability

All data are included in this article.

References

  1. Holmberg K, Erdemir A (2017) Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions. Friction 5:263–284

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Farfan-Cabrera LI, Tapia-Gaspar M, Pérez-González J (2021) Tribology of polymer matrix composites within the automotive industry. Encyclopedia of materials: composites, vol 1. Elsevier, Amsterdam

    Google Scholar 

  3. Ren YL, Zhang L, Xie GX, Li ZB, Chen H, Gong HJ, Xu WH, Guo D, Luo JB (2021) A review on tribology of polymer composite coatings. Friction 9:429–470

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Mao B, Siddaiah A, Liao YL, Menezes PL (2020) Laser surface texturing and related techniques for enhancing tribological performance of engineering materials: a review. J Manuf Process 53:153–173

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Delprete C, Razavykia A (2018) Piston ring–liner lubrication and tribological performance evaluation: a review. Proc IME J J Eng Tribol 232:193–209

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Dhanumalayan E, Joshi GM (2018) Performance properties and applications of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE): a review. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 1:247–268

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Sahin Y (2018) Dry wear and metallographic study of PTFE polymer composites. Mech Compos Mater 54:403–414

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Manafi S, Kiahosseini SR (2020) Polytetrafluoroethylene/nanoclay composite as anti-wearing compound. Iran Polym J 29:25–35

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Kececi E, Asmatulu R (2017) Effects of moisture ingressions on mechanical properties of honeycomb-structured fiber composites for aerospace applications. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 88:459–470

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Gong DL, Xue QJ, Wang HL (1989) Study of the wear of filled polytetrafluoroethylene. Wear 134:283–295

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Wang YX, Yan FY (2006) Tribological properties of transfer films of PTFE-based composites. Wear 261:1359–1366

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Xie T, Zhou ZH, Xu ZX, Yu JW, Jiao MH (2013) Characteristics of the transfer film and tribological properties of oxide/PTFE composites. Adv Mater Res 631:172–175

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Tanaka K, Kawakami S (1982) Effect of various fillers on the friction and wear of polytetrafluoroethylene-based composites. Wear 79:221–234

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Bahadur S, Tabor D (1984) The wear of filled polytetrafluoroethylene. Wear 98:1–13

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Lancaster JK (1968) The effect of carbon fibre reinforcement on the friction and wear of polymers. J Phys D Appl Phys 1:549–559

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Blanchet TA (1995) A model for polymer composite wear behavior including preferential load support and surface accumulation of filler particulates. Tribol Trans 38:821–828

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Blanchet TA, Kennedy FE (1992) Sliding wear mechanism of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and PTFE composites. Wear 153:229–243

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Xie T, Xu ZX, Yan ZM, Chen G, Jiao MH, Yu JW, Yin YG (2011) Study on the friction and wear behaviors of Cu/PTFE self-lubricating composites. Appl Mech Mater 130:1466–1469

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Wang ZQ, Wu SF, Ni J (2018) Influence of SiO2/MoS2/graphite content on the wear properties of PTFE composites under natural seawater lubrication. Proc IME J J Eng Tribol 232:607–618

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Burris DL, Sawyer WG (2006) A low friction and ultra low wear rate PEEK/PTFE composite. Wear 261:410–418

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Zhang Z-Z, Liu W-M, Xue Q-J (2001) Effects of various kinds of fillers on the tribological behavior of polytetrafluoroethylene composites under dry and oil-lubricated conditions. J Appl Polym Sci 80:1891–1897

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Ye JX, Khare HS, Burris DL (2014) Quantitative characterization of solid lubricant transfer film quality. Wear 316:133–143

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Zhang LX, Xie T, Chen K, Li WB (2022) Observation and analysis of the terrace-like structured transfer film of SiO2/PTFE composites. Tribol Int 170:107526

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Zhang LX, Xie T, Chen K, Li C, Wen H, Shi YR, Zhang JL (2021) Quantitative characterization of the transfer film morphology of SiO2/PTFE composite. Wear 484:204047

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Wang A, Lin B, Zou H, Wei C, Meng Y, Sui T, Yan S (2020) Effect of micrometer sized ceramic particles on the tribological properties of polytetrafluoroethylene based composites. Surf Topogr Metrol Prop 8:035005

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Zhao ZH, Chen JN (2011) Preparation of single-polytetrafluoroethylene composites by the processes of compression molding and free sintering. Compos Part B Eng 42:1306–1310

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Li XL, Wu S, Ling YL, Zhang CH, Luo JB, Dai YJ (2020) Preparation and tribological properties of PTFE/DE/ATF6 composites with self-contained solid-liquid synergetic lubricating performance. Compos Commun 22:100513

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Haidar DR, Ye J, Moore AC, Burris DL (2017) Assessing quantitative metrics of transfer film quality as indicators of polymer wear performance. Wear 380:78–85

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Laux KA, Schwartz CJ (2013) Influence of linear reciprocating and multi-directional sliding on PEEK wear performance and transfer film formation. Wear 301:727–734

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Ye J, Burris DL, Xie T (2016) A review of transfer films and their role in ultra-low-wear sliding of polymers. Lubricants. https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants4010004

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Khedkar J, Negulescu I, Meletis EI (2002) Sliding wear behavior of PTFE composites. Wear 252:361–369

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Ye J, Khare HS, Burris DL (2013) Transfer film evolution and its role in promoting ultra-low wear of a PTFE nanocomposite. Wear 297:1095–1102

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 51275144).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, People’s Republic of China

    Wenbo Li, Longxiao Zhang & Ting Xie

Authors
  1. Wenbo Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Longxiao Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Ting Xie
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ting Xie.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Li, W., Zhang, L. & Xie, T. Effect of transfer film morphology on the wear rate of SiC/PTFE composite. Iran Polym J 32, 1123–1133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-023-01185-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-023-01185-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation