The formation of surface films at the transition between mild and severe metallic wear

1963 ◽  
Vol 273 (1355) ◽  
pp. 466-483 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Film ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Severe Wear ◽  
Wear Process ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
Mild Wear ◽  
Oxide Particles ◽  
Heavy Loads ◽  
Micro Analysis

The conditions of sliding have been found in which a transition occurs between the régimes of mild and severe wear for a leaded brass (60/40 brass containing 2% lead) sliding on hardened steel without lubrication. At light loads, low speeds, and low temperatures, mild wear begins when sufficient time is available to establish a protective surface film by oxidation; in addition, mild wear also occurs at heavy loads, high speeds and high temperatures because of an increase in the rate of oxidation. The topography and composition of the films generated on the brass during mild wear have been examined by reflexion electron microscopy and X-ray micro-analysis. The presence of a relatively large proportion of iron oxide in the surface layers, originating from the steel, increases their hardness and, in turn, causes wear of the steel itself. The variation of the rates of mild wear with load and speed is complex and, in contrast to the severe wear process, there is no unique mechanism of wear. It is concluded that mild wear of brass results from the combined effects of intermittent metal-to-metal contact, abrasion by oxide particles, and flaking of the oxide layers from the surface.

scholarly journals On the structure and chemical activity of copper films, and the colour changes accompanying their oxidation

1922 ◽  
Vol 102 (716) ◽  
pp. 318-328 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Film ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Wave Length ◽  
Chemical Activity ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Copper Films ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Colour Changes

When the surface of a metal is exposed to the action of a gas with which it reacts chemically, brilliant colour phenomena are frequently produced. In some cases the colours are recognised as diffraction colours, produced by the scattering of light in the surface film, and not as simple interference effects. When this is found the film must have a more or less complex structure, fine grained compared with the wave-length of light, but of a coarse-grained granular nature compared with molecular magnitudes. The work of Beilby has drawn attention from other points of view to the complex structure which the surface layers of metals, or thin films of metals, may assume. It seems to be of considerable importance to correlate the chemical activity of such surface films with their structure, in view of the bearing this correlation may have on the problems of heterogeneous catalysis.

Paper 12: Mild Wear of Unlubricated Hard Steels in Air and Carbon Dioxide

1967 ◽  
Vol 182 (14) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. T. Clark ◽  
C. Pritchard ◽  
J. W. Midgley
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Wear Rate ◽  
Wear Debris ◽  
Protective Layer ◽  
Spinel Oxide ◽  
Wear Process ◽  
Dry Air ◽  
Specimen Temperature ◽  
Mild Wear ◽  
Oxide Particles

A study has been made of the wear of various hard steels sliding unlubricated in dry air and in dry carbon dioxide at temperatures up to 500°C. Over the range of loads and speeds employed the wear is of a mild character and the wear debris is of oxide particles, no metallic debris being formed. The characteristics of the wear process depend on the type of oxide formed under the particular conditions of specimen temperature and surrounding atmosphere. In dry air, the wear rate increases with temperature to a maximum which depends on the type of steel, and then decreases at higher temperatures. Below the maximum, α-Fe2O3 is formed and is swept clean of the surface by the sliding process. The oxidation rate determines the wear rate which is independent of the load at constant specimen temperature. Above the maximum the spinel (Fe3O4) type oxide is formed which is adherent and wear protective. In dry carbon dioxide, spinel oxide is formed at all temperatures in the range 20–500°C and the wear rate is low, except at high temperatures when the steel becomes too soft to support the protective layer.

Surface Films on Zircaloy-2 Samples Cracked in Neutral Aqueous NaCl by Stress Corrosion

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 46-47
Author(s):  
R.A. Ploc
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Zirconium Dioxide ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Continuous Layer ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Product Film

Samples of low-nickel Zircaloy-2 (material MLI-788-see(1)), when anodically polarized in neutral 5 wt% NaCl solutions, were found to be susceptible to pitting and stress corrosion cracking. The SEM revealed that pitting of stressed samples was occurring below a 2000Å thick surface film which behaved differently from normal zirconium dioxide in that it did not display interference colours. Since the initial film thickness was approximately 65Å, attempts were made to examine the product film by transmission electron microscopy to deduce composition and how the corrosion environment could penetrate the continuous layer.

ON THE MECHANISM OF THE DISSOLUTION OF MAGNESIUM IN ACIDIC SALT SOLUTIONS: I. PHYSICAL CONTROL BY SURFACE FILMS

1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 849-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Casey ◽  
R. E. Bergeron
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Corrosion Potential ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Salt Solutions ◽  
Acidic Solutions ◽  
Activity Temperature ◽  
Acidic Salt ◽  
High Concentrations

A kinetic study and analysis has been made of the effects of ionic strength, acid activity, temperature, and salt type on the dissolution of magnesium in acidic salt solutions. This is an example of the simplest type of corrosion involving hydrogen evolution. The results are interpreted in terms of the effects of the various factors on the structure of a surface film which must be magnesium oxide and/or hydroxide even in acidic solutions. The importance of internal dissolutions in the film at high concentrations of attacking reagent, for this and other cases, is shown. Owing to complex formation, under certain conditions an odd case of "chemical control" of the dissolution rate in this simplest case becomes evident. Corrosion potential measurements aid in the interpretation.

Transition of Mild Wear to Severe Wear in Oxidative Wear of H21 Steel

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Q. Wang ◽  
M. X. Wei ◽  
F. Wang ◽  
X. H. Cui ◽  
C. Dong
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Wear ◽  
Severe Wear ◽  
Mild Wear

scholarly journals The Wear Process During the “Running-In” of Steel in Lubricated Sliding

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Suzuki ◽  
K. C. Ludema
Keyword(s):  
Contact Resistance ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Electrical Contact ◽  
Mineral Oil ◽  
Entrance Region ◽  
Engine Oil ◽  
Small Range ◽  
Electrical Contact Resistance ◽  
Metallic Contact ◽  
Wear Process

Steel cylinders were slid against flat steel disks, using a liquid lubricant, in order to study the progression of events associated with “running-in.” It was found that, when using mineral oil, the electrical contact resistance varied over a small range of high values indicating no metallic contact, whereas with engine oil a high resistance with an intermittent negligible contact resistance was found. A surface film forms from the additives in the engine oil which produces lower wear, slightly higher friction, a retarded running-in, and a rougher surface finish in the direction of sliding than does the mineral oil. A film which is composed only of Fe3O4 is formed when mineral oil is used. In addition, the mineral oil lubricated surfaces develop a conforming waviness across the sliding tracks. The oxide must have enhanced this surface conformity since it was not seen in the surfaces lubricated with engine oil. The role of the oxide may be further seen in experiments in which wear debris that accumulated in the entrance region of specimen contact was removed at frequent intervals. Little conforming waviness was seen in the latter case, suggesting that oxide which gathered in the entrance region abraded grooves in the steel surfaces. After the oxides were dislodged the friction increased and the contact resistance decreased for a time, indicating that the oxide acted like a solid lubricant.

scholarly journals Elastic Properties of Natural Sea Surface Films Incorporated with Solid Dust Particles: Model Baltic Sea Studies

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Z. Mazurek ◽  
Stanisław J. Pogorzelski
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Particle Removal ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Composite Surface

Floating dust-originated solid particles at air-water interfaces will interact with one another and disturb the smoothness of such a composite surface affecting its dilational elasticity. To quantify the effect, surface pressure (Π) versus film area (A) isotherm, and stress-relaxation (Π-time) measurements were performed for monoparticulate layers of the model hydrophobic material (of μm-diameter and differentiated hydrophobicity corresponding to the water contact angles (CA) ranging from 60 to 140°) deposited at surfaces of surfactant-containing original seawater and were studied with a Langmuir trough system. The composite surface dilational modulus predicted from the theoretical approach, in which natural dust load signatures (particle number flux, daily deposition rate, and diameter spectra) originated from in situ field studies performed along Baltic Sea near-shore line stations, agreed well with the direct experimentally derived data. The presence of seawater surfactants affected wettability of the solid material which was evaluated with different CA techniques applicable to powdered samples. Surface energetics of the particle-subphase interactions was expressed in terms of the particle removal energy, contact cross-sectional areas, collapse energies, and so forth. The hydrophobic particles incorporation at a sea surface film structure increased the elasticity modulus by a factor K (1.29–1.58). The particle-covered seawater revealed a viscoelastic behavior with the characteristic relaxation times ranging from 2.6 to 68.5 sec.

Rupture and Reformation of Ultra-Thin Surface Films

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. F. Chong ◽  
Mircea Teodorescu ◽  
Homer Rahnejat
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Hard Disk ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Film Rupture ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Ultra Thin Film

In lubricated contact conjunctions film ruptures close to the exit boundary. This significantly affects the load carrying capacity and can lead to direct surface interactions. Nano-scale films (several molecular diameters of the lubricant) are no exception, a fact that has been observed using ellipsometry studies for ultra-thin film conjunctions representative for high storage capacity hard disk drives. Immediately beyond the film rupture an area of cavitation occurs and the continuity of flow condition is breached. It has been shown that for molecularly smooth surfaces solvation effect becomes dominant. This means that the contact exit is subject to discrete drainage of lubricant and may be devoid of a sufficient lubricant for film reformation to occur. This can be a stumbling block in an increasing quest to increase the data storage density of hard disk drives. Wear can become a problem as well as non-uniformity of free surface film at the inlet meniscus. It has been noted that peaks of lubricant can gather in some places, a phenomenon referred to as lubricant mogul. These localized piles of lubricant can exceed the nominally aimed for lubricant film thickness necessary for a given data storage level. This paper carries out an in-depth prediction of ultra thin film lubricant behavior through the contact. Hydrodynamic as well as near surface effects and intermolecular interactions responsible for the supply, formation, cavitation and reformation of thin films in the slider-disk conjunction have been considered.

Temperature and Orientation Dependence of Surface Film Effects in Single Crystal Nial

1986 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.D. Noebe ◽  
J.T. Kim ◽  
R. Gibala
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Crystallographic Orientation ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Orientation Dependence ◽  
Surface Films ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Paper Surface ◽  
Bcc Metals ◽  
Coated Materials ◽  
Ordered Alloys

AbstractDuring deformation of bcc metals and bcc-based ordered alloys, conditions of elastic and plastic constraint associated with the presence of thin adherent surface films can be responsible for introducing increased densities of mobile dislocations in the metal, resulting in enhanced ductility and reduced yield and flow stresses of the film-coated materials. In the present paper, surface film effects were investigated as a function of temperature and crystallographic orientation for single crystal β-NiAl. Appreciable temperature-dependent and orientation-dependent surface film effects were observed, as were significant effects of film adherence on the observation of surface film softening.

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