TY - JOUR A1 - Gradt, Thomas A1 - Schneider, Thomas T1 - Tribological performance of MoS2 coatings in various environments JF - Lubricants N2 - Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) is a well-known solid lubricant for tribosystems running in vacuum or dry gases. Problems arise due to its sensitivity to humidity, which is a drawback for its application under ambient conditions. However, by using a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, deposition parameters can be optimized not only to gain a coatings structure with favorable frictional properties but also to minimize the sensitivity to attack by water molecules. Therefore, an improved tribological behavior even under moist conditions can be achieved. MoS₂coatings are also candidates for being applied at cryogenic temperatures. They already have proven their suitability, e.g., for sliding support elements between superconducting magnets of the nuclear fusion-experiment Wendelstein 7-X. However, these coatings were exclusively produced for this particular application and the utilization for more common tribosystems may be precluded due to cost considerations. In view of a wider range of applications, pure and Cr containing PVD-MoS₂ coatings with an optimized structure were tested under varying environments including hydrogen gas and cryogenic temperatures. Results of the most promising variant are presented in this paper. KW - Solid lubrication KW - MoS2 KW - Extreme environments KW - Hydrogen KW - Cryogenic einvironment PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-381460 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants4030032 SN - 2075-4442 VL - 32 IS - 4 PB - MPPI AG CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-38146 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -