The frictional behavior of DLC films against bearing steel balls and Si3N4 balls in different humid air and vacuum environments

Wear

Volumn 264, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1077-1084

  Xia, Lifang ^a   Li, Guang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diamond like carbon; Friction; Implantation; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEHYDROGENATION; GRAPHITIZATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VACUUM;

BEARING STEEL BALLS; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; DLC FILMS;

FRICTION MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEHYDROGENATION; FRICTION MATERIALS; GRAPHITIZATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VACUUM;

EID: 40049091120     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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