Wear behavior of a self-lubricating aluminum/graphite composite prepared by powder metallurgy

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 157-161

  Fuentes, R ^a   Rubio, E ^a   Gomez C ^a   Herrera, A ^b   Castano V M ^b  

^a Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; GRAPHITE; HEAT TREATMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT; WEAR RESISTANCE;

WETTABILITY;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0038380228     PISSN: 00368792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00368790310480344     Document Type: Article

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