Tribological properties of liquid crystals as lubricant additives

Wear

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-194

  Bermúdez, María Dolores ^a   Martínez Nicolás, Ginés ^a   Carrión Vilches, Francisco José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Additives; Liquid crystals; Pin on disk; Steel aluminum lubricated wear; Tribological properties

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALUMINUM; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SOLID LUBRICANTS; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FRICTION COEFFICIENT; LUBRICANT ADDITIVES; LUBRICATED WEAR;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031335398     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(97)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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