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Materials transfer and formation of mechanically mixed layer in dry sliding wear of metal matrix composites against steel

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The wear behavior of a composite of a pure Al matrix reinforced with 20 vol% SiC particles against quenched 1045 steel was investigated. Material was found to transfer from the counterface to the wear surface of the composite, where a mechanically mixed layer (MML) was produced. A new mechanism, named the debris burial mechanism, for the formation of the mechanically mixed layer (MML) is proposed and discussed.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, PR China

    Dehong Lu, Mingyuan Gu & Zhongliang Shi

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Lu, D., Gu, M. & Shi, Z. Materials transfer and formation of mechanically mixed layer in dry sliding wear of metal matrix composites against steel. Tribology Letters 6, 57–61 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019182817316

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