Ultra-low friction with a protic ionic liquid boundary film at the water-lubricated sapphire-stainless steel interface

Tribology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Espinosa, Tulia ^a   Jimenez, Miguel ^a   Sanes, Jose ^a   Jimenez, Ana Eva ^a   Iglesias, M ^b   Bermudez, María Dolores ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boundary lubrication; Friction; Protic ionic liquid; Sapphire; Stainless steel; Surface interactions; Water; Wear

Indexed keywords

3-D PROFILOMETRY; BOUNDARY LUBRICATIONS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; PROTIC IONIC LIQUIDS; STEEL INTERFACES; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; ULTRA-LOW FRICTION; WATER EVAPORATION;

FRICTION; IONIC LIQUIDS; LUBRICATION; SAPPHIRE; STAINLESS STEEL; WATER; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84892929731     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0238-3     Document Type: Article

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