Effect of humidity on friction and wear for a linear perfluoropolyalkylether fluid under boundary lubrication conditions©

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Helmick, Larry S ^a   Sharma, Shashi K ^b,c  

^a CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STLE ^*

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary Lubrication; Friction; Humidity; Polyethers; Synthetic Lubricants; Wear and Failure

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLYETHERS; STEEL; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; CAMERON-PLINT TRIBOMETER; PERFLUOROPOLYALKYLETHER FLUID;

LUBRICANTS;

FRICTION; LUBRICANTS-SYNTHETIC; LUBRICATION-BOUNDARY; WEAR;

EID: 0030175162     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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