Journal
WEAR
Volume 270, Issue 7-8, Pages 464-471Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.12.008
Keywords
Tribocorrosion; Plasma nitriding; Nano-wear; Fatigue; Ni-Cr alloys
Funding
- NTNU
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The dry wear and tribocorrosion behaviour of pulsed plasma treated and non-treated Ni-Cr alloys sliding against alumina at 15 N were investigated by using a reciprocating wear test rig equipped with an electrochemical cell. The pulsed plasma treatment produced a hardening diffusion layer of chromium nitride particles embedded in a metallic Ni-Cr matrix. The tests performed in dry conditions showed a much more severe wear for the un-treated alloy than the pulsed plasma treated. Surprisingly, the tribocorrosion behaviour was the same for the un-treated and the pulsed plasma treated alloy and it was characterized by low wear rates. Two different wear mechanisms acted depending on friction. Below a certain friction threshold, nano-wear occurred while above this threshold, fatigue wear dominated. Low friction could be achieved in tribocorrosion tests by the lubricating effect of water and, in dry conditions, by lowering the load. Fatigue wear is mainly controlled by the macroscopic mechanical material properties and loading conditions, while nano-wear depends on the tribological induced microstructural transformations. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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