Carbon coating of Ti-6Al-4V for reduced wear in combined impact and sliding applications

Tribology International

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 873-882

  Fujisawa, Naoki ^a   Swain, Michael V ^a   James, Natalie L ^b   Woodard, John C ^b   Tarrant, Richard N ^a   McKenzie, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ventracor Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon coatings; Friction and wear; Hardness; Modulus; Ti 6Al 4V alloy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; COATINGS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRICTION; HARDNESS; LUBRICATION; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CARBON COATINGS; FRICTION AND WEAR; TI-6AL-4V ALLOYS;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 1642287937     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(03)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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