Compositional dependence of the microscopic frictional properties of single crystal metal carbides |
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Authors: | Z Chen IC Laboriante SS Perry |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA |
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Abstract: | The frictional properties of TiC(100), Ti0.3V0.6C(100), and VC(100) surfaces in contact with a silicon nitride probe tip have been investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) under ambient pressures of dry nitrogen as well as environments of different relative humidities. Calibration of normal and lateral force has permitted the determination of the quantitative frictional properties of the three carbide samples on a nanometer length scale. In these studies, TiC(100) exhibits the lowest friction coefficient, ranging from ∼0.044 to ∼0.082 under the different environments. VC(100) and Ti0.3V0.6C(100) have similar friction coefficients (∼0.07) under dry nitrogen conditions, yet VC exhibits a larger friction coefficient (∼0.158) than Ti0.3V0.6C (∼0.129) under conditions of higher relative humidity (∼55%). Condensation of water vapor with increasing relative humidity results in an increase in the frictional response for all the three samples. The experimental results demonstrate that the frictional properties of the three carbide samples are correlated to their surface composition and surface free energy. |
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Keywords: | nanotribology carbides AFM friction mechanisms |
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