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Combined in situ (ATR FT-IR) and ex situ (XPS) Study of the ZnDTP-Iron Surface Interaction

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Attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have been used for the in situ and ex situ characterization of thermal and tribological films formed on iron from a commercial zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZnDTP). From in situ ATR FT-IR analysis, information on the chemical changes occurring at the iron/lubricant additive interface was obtained during heating and sliding at high temperatures. Different mechanisms and chemical compositions have been found for the thermal and tribochemical reactions between the ZnDTP and the iron surface under the experimental conditions used in this work. Both the ATR FT-IR and the XPS results show the decomposition of ZnDTP with the formation of polyphosphates following thermal testing at 150 °C. However, after tribological testing at the same temperature an inorganic phosphate film has been detected on the iron surface instead.

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  1. Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Federica M. Piras, Antonella Rossi & Nicholas D. Spencer

  2. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Cagliari, INSTM, Cagliari, Italy

    Antonella Rossi

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Piras, F.M., Rossi, A. & Spencer, N.D. Combined in situ (ATR FT-IR) and ex situ (XPS) Study of the ZnDTP-Iron Surface Interaction. Tribology Letters 15, 181–191 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024800900716

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