Characterisation of lubricants on ball bearings by FT-IR using an integrating sphere

Tribo Test

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-137

  Street, Kenneth W ^a   Pepper, S V ^a   Wright, A A ^a   Grady, B ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FT IR; Integrating sphere; Lubricant analysis

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; COATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION;

INTEGRATING SPHERE; LUBRICANT LOAD;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 34547138906     PISSN: 13544063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tt.39     Document Type: Article

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