Abstract
Unexpected wear increase is observed on a steel surface that rubbed against diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings only when lubricated by phosphate-based antiwear additives. Contradictory to the literature hypothesis of a competition between zinc dialkyldithiophosphate produced tribofilms and DLC-induced carbon transfer, here a new wear mechanism based on carbon-catalyzed tribochemical interactions supported by surface characterization is proposed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1500213 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials Interfaces |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| State | Published - Oct 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Diamond-like carbon (DLC)
- ZDDP
- ionic liquids
- lubricants
- tribochemical