Electroless Ni coatings for the improvement of wear resistance of bearings for lightweight rotary gear pumps

International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 190-201

  Veronesi, Paolo ^a   Sola, Ramona ^a   Poli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Aluminium; Gear pumps; Nickel; PTFE; Roughness; Scratch resistance; Steel; Tribology; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; GEAR PUMPS; NICKEL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SCRATCH RESISTANCE; STEEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIN ALLOYS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

AGEING; AL-ALLOY; BALL-ON-DISC TESTS; ELECTROLESS NI; EXTERNAL GEAR PUMPS; SCRATCH TEST; TENSILE CRACKING; WEAR RATES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 54449095150     PISSN: 1749785X     EISSN: 17497868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSURFSE.2008.020493     Document Type: Article

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