Tribological properties of hydrogen free DLC in self-mated contacts against ZDDP-added oil

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Emerald
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2017, 69, (6), pp. 938-944
Issue Date:
2017-01-01
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The tribological properties of tetrahedral diamond-like carbon (DLC) films in self-mated contacts in the presence of additivated and non-additivated vegetable oils. DLC films have high practical value due to low friction and low wear properties were evaluated. On the other hand, vegetable oils are considered to be lubricants for future due to its resource renewability and biodegradability. Sometimes different chemical agents are added to vegetable oils to further improve its tribological properties. Thus, the tribological study of DLC films against additivated oils becomes important. The tribology tests were conducted in a four ball tribo-meter under the boundary lubricated conditions. Ta-C DLC exhibited 80% lower wear rate under Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates (ZDDP)-added oil compared to that of base oil. In contrast, the friction coefficient under additivated oil was slightly higher than the base oil lubricated case. Moreover, the carbonyl band area as well as the viscosity change of ZDDP-added oil was much smaller than that of base oil. Therefore, ZDDP reduced the wear of DLC film and prevented the oxidation of base oil during tribotests.
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