Tribological Properties of Polycrystalline Ti3SiC2 and Al2O3-Reinforced Ti3SiC2 Composites |
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| Authors: | Chunfeng Hu Yanchun Zhou Yiwang Bao Detian Wan |
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| Affiliation: | Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China |
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| Abstract: | Tribological properties of Ti3SiC2 and Al2O3-reinforced Ti3SiC2 composites (10 and 20 vol% Al2O3) were investigated by using an AISI-52100 bearing steel ball dryly sliding on a linear reciprocating athletic specimen. The friction coefficients were found varying only in a range of 0.1 under the applied loads (2.5, 5, and 10 N), and the wear rates of the composites decreased with increasing Al2O3 content. The enhanced wear resistance is mainly attributed to the hard Al2O3 particles nail the surrounding soft matrix and decentrale the shear stresses under the sliding ball to reduce the wear losses. |
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