TY - JOUR A1 - Azouigui, S. A1 - Silvestri, Z. A1 - Zerrouki, C. A1 - Bouhtiyya, S. A1 - Plimmer, M.D. A1 - Spaltmann, Dirk A1 - Kovalev, Alexander A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Pinot, P. T1 - Angle resolved scattering as a tribological investigation tool for surface characterization JF - Wear N2 - This paper shows how Angle-Resolved Scattering can reveal wear on engineered surfaces. The samples studied, three discs made of steel 100Cr6H used in gear wheels in the automotive industry, were assessed after they had undergone ball-on-disc tests. Scattering maps recorded for spatial frequencies from 0.1 µm-1 to 2.7 µm-1 show a contrast inversion around 0.36 µm-1 revealing the wear trace. Besides measurements of rms roughness, where mean values are 20 nm and 24 nm depending on the locations considered, stationarity and isotropy, we demonstrate the ability of the technique to reveal localized wear on this type of surface in a rapid, robust and convenient way. We show that the tool trace is influenced by the load magnitude rather than by the number of oscillation cycles and highlight the key role played by surface roughness in how the sample responds to wear tests. KW - Surface roughness KW - Angle-resolved scattering KW - Wear KW - Isotropy PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2014.12.040 SN - 0043-1648 VL - 326-327 SP - 58 EP - 67 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-33021 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -