Temperature and water vapor pressure effects on the friction coefficient of hydrogenated diamondlike carbon films

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Dickrell, Pamela L ^a   Argibay, N ^a   Eryilmaz, Osman L ^b   Erdemir, Ali ^b   Sawyer, W Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; DLC; Environment; Gas surface interactions; Humidity; Ultra low friction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FIRST ORDER; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GAS-SURFACE INTERACTION; GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; MODEL FIT; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; ULTRA-LOW FRICTION; WATER VAPOR DESORPTION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; CARBON FILMS; DESORPTION; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; FRICTION; HYDROGENATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOISTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRIBOLOGY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77955264738     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3139047     Document Type: Article

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