Influence of humidity and doping elements on the friction and wear of SiC in unlubricated sliding

Tribology International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 353-364

  Murthy, V S R ^a,c   Kobayashi, H ^a   Tsurekawa, S ^a   Tamari, N ^b   Watanabe, T ^a   Kato, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Doping elements; Friction; Grain boundary; Graphite; Humidity; Hydrated silica; Needle like wear particles; SiC; Smearing; Wear

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FRICTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHITE; HYDROPHILICITY; KINETIC THEORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DOPING ELEMENTS; HYDRATED SILICA; NEEDLE LIKE WEAR PARTICLES; SMEARING;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 1442284525     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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