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The pure powder lubrication has been studied using plane contact tribo-tester. Four kinds of powder, such as PTFE, graphite, MoS2, copper, have been used during the experiments. The results show that the powder can be introduced into frictional clearance without any special method. The powder’s physical properties have significant influence on the tribological characteristics of power lubrication. The friction coefficient and wear are obviously decreased while the powders are PTFE, graphite and MoS2 which have good exhibition in application of traditional solid lubrication. At the lower load capacity,powder lubrication using ball-like copper has certain antifriction effects,but it became worse rapidly with the increasing of load capacity. The observation of lubrication film with optical microscope shows that lubrication film is dynamically formed on the rubbing surfaces in most experiments.
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Wei, W., Xiaojun, L., Kun, L., Hongxian, L. (2009). Experimental Study on the Tribological Properties of Pure Powder Lubrication under Plane Contact. In: Luo, J., Meng, Y., Shao, T., Zhao, Q. (eds) Advanced Tribology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03653-8_50
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