Dry sliding wear characteristics of some zinc-aluminium alloys: A comparative study with a conventional bearing bronze at a slow speed

Wear

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-151

  Prasad, B K ^a   Patwardhan, A K ^b   Yegneswaran, A H ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Bronze; Microstructure; Sliding wear; Wear mechanisms; Zinc based alloys

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; COMPOSITION; MATERIALS TESTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERFORMANCE; SURFACES; ZINC ALLOYS;

CHIPPING OFF; DEBRIS PARTICLES; DRY SLIDING WEAR; ZINC ALUMINIUM ALLOYS;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BRONZE; WEAR-SLIDING; ZINC ALLOYS;

EID: 0030292860     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(96)07231-6     Document Type: Article

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