An AFM study of single-contact abrasive wear: The Rabinowicz wear equation revisited

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1772-1776

  Colaco R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abrasion; AFM; Nanotribology; Rabinowicz equation; Wear threshold

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ABRASIVES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTRIBOLOGY;

ASPERITY CONTACTS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECTS; METALLIC ALLOYS; RABINOWICZ EQUATION; STAINLESS STEEL AISI 316L; WEAR BEHAVIOURS; WEAR EQUATIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 70350484307     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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