等离子体辅助球磨制备表面修饰片状纳米Cu粉及摩擦学性能

以硬脂酸为过程处理剂,采用等离子体辅助球磨制备表面修饰片状纳米Cu粉,并测试其摩擦学性能。结果表明:在等离子体的快速加热及电致塑性效应协同作用下,Cu粉呈现出超塑性而发生剧烈形变,辅助球磨5h制备的片状纳米Cu粉一次颗粒厚度在20nm左右。等离子体辅助球磨使片状纳米Cu粉体表面吸附并化学键合了非极性基团,Cu粉获得亲油疏水表面特性,在40CA船用润滑油中具有良好的分散性。片状纳米Cu粉严重的变形使其具有极高的活性,在摩擦过程中容易吸附铺展在摩擦副表面,使复合油有更好的抗磨性能。在高载荷、高转速工况下,片状纳米Cu粉显示出良好的减摩自修复效果,有效提高了润滑油的极压抗磨性能。

Tribological properties of surface modified Cu nanoflakes prepared by plasma assisted ball milling

Surface modified nano-flake Cu powder was prepared by plasma assisted ball milling by adding stearic acid as a process agent and its tribological properties were tested. The results indicate that the Cu particle exhibiting an excellent superplasticity has severe plastic deformation induced by a synergistic effect of plasma high-rate heating and electroplasticity, and the 20nm-thick flake-like Cu particles are obtained after 5h milling time of plasma milling. These nano-flake Cu particles owning oleophobicity characteristics exhibit good dispersion in the 40CA marine lubricating oil due to that the surface of Cu nano-flake adsorbs and chemically bonds with some non-polar groups under the plasma assisted ball milling with stearic acid. The severe deformation of the nano-flake Cu particles displaying high activation are easily adsorbed and spread on the surface of the friction counterpart in the process of sliding, which promotes a better wear resistance for compound lubricant with nano-flake Cu addition. Under a high rotating speed and excessive load, the nano-flake Cu powder provides excellent friction-reducing and self-repairing characters and improves the anti-wear performance under an extreme pressure condition.