TY - CONF A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Mohrbacher, H. ED - Gyekenyesi, A. ED - Halbig, M. T1 - Tribological background for the use of niobium carbide (NBC) as cutting tools and for wear resistant tribosystems T2 - 38th International conference on advanced ceramics and composites (Proceedings) N2 - The tribological profile of rotating disks made of binder-less niobium carbide (hot-pressed NbC) and cobalt-bonded NbC (NbC-8Co) mated against alumina (99.7%) were determined under unidirectional sliding tests (0.1 m/s to 8.0 m/s; 22°C and 400°C) as well as in oscillation tests (f= 20 Hz, Δx= 0.2 mm, 2/50/98% rel. humidity, n= 105/106 cycles) under un-lubricated (dry) conditions. In addition, the microstructure and mechanical properties of NbC and NbC bonded with 8% cobalt were determined as well. The tribological data obtained were benchmarked with different ceramics, cermets, hard metals and thermally sprayed coatings, where the NbC-8Co presented above 7 m/s the lowest wear rates so far in such a bench mark. NbC and NbC-8Co exhibited low wear rates under dry sliding associated with P·V high load carrying capacity. The tribological profile established revealed a strong position of NbC bearing materials under tribological considerations and for closed tribo-systems against traditional references. T2 - 38th International conference on advanced ceramics and composites CY - Daytona Beach, FL, USA DA - 26.01.2014 KW - Sliding friction KW - Wear KW - Ceramic KW - Oscillation KW - Coating KW - NbC KW - Niobium carbide KW - Cobalt KW - Hard metal PY - 2014 SP - Paper 1 EP - Paper 21 AN - OPUS4-32561 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -