Wear and friction of carbon nanofiber-reinforced HDPE composites

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Songbo ^a   Akchurin, Aydar ^a   Liu, Tian ^b   Wood, Weston ^b   Tangpong, X W ^a   Akhatov, Iskander S ^a   Zhong, Wei Hong ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibers; friction; silane coating; wear

Indexed keywords

CARBON BASED MATERIALS; COATING THICKNESS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HDPE COMPOSITE; MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENT; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; NEW APPLICATIONS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; PIN ON DISC TRIBOMETER; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WEAR AND FRICTION; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR RATES; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; COATINGS; FRICTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84865619456     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007016     Document Type: Article

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