Tribological behaviour and lubrication performance of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) as a replacement for graphite in aluminium forming

Tribology International

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 267-275

  Podgornik, B ^a   Kosec, T ^b   Kocijan, A ^a   Donik, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METALS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Friction; Solid lubricant; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BORON NITRIDE; CUTTING TOOLS; FRICTION; GRAPHITE; METAL FORMING; NITRIDES; POWDER METALS; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); INHOMOGENEOUS DEFORMATION; LUBRICATION PERFORMANCE; METAL-FORMING PROCESS; SURFACE PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE STABILITY; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLID LUBRICANTS;

EID: 84908170180     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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