Microanalytical characterization of wear damage in an alumina-silicon carbide whisker composite.

Engineering

• Aluminum Oxide 100%
• Sliding Distance 66%
• Mild Wear 66%
• Subsurface 33%
• Wear Debris 33%
• Surface Fatigue 33%
• Bulk Material 33%
• Measured Rate 33%
• Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Analysis 33%
• Pin-on-Disc 33%
• Fine Particulate 33%
• Sliding Velocity 33%
• Disc Surface 33%
• Cross Section 33%
• Silicon Oxide 33%
• Bearing Pressure 33%
• Phase Composition 33%

Physics

• Transmission Electron Microscopy 100%
• Whisker Composites 100%
• Silicon Carbide 100%
• X Ray Spectroscopy 50%
• Auger Spectroscopy 50%
• Electron Energy 50%
• Silicon Oxide 50%
• Surface Fatigue 50%
• Wear Debris 50%

Material Science

• Silicon Carbide 100%
• Aluminum Oxide 100%
• Composite Material 100%
• Transmission Electron Microscopy 66%
• Silicon 33%
• Energy Dispersive X Ray Analysis 33%
• Surface Fatigue 33%
• Surface (Surface Science) 33%
• Wear Debris 33%
• Oxide Compound 33%
• Phase Composition 33%