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Besides carbon, metal sulphides are used in every standard brake pad formulation as friction stabilisers. In order to investigate their impact, various powder mixtures were tribologically stressed in a pin-on-disc device in order to produce and test artificial third bodies. containing the three main components of a real friction film, namely magnetite, graphite and a metal sulphide of interest. Since the sliding behaviour is influenced by the relative humidity the powder mixtures are tested at low, medium and high moisture levels. The tests revealed that the presence of graphite dominates the friction behaviour as well as the humidity sensitivity.
The powders were prepared by either manual mixing or high energy ball-milling. Interestingly, all ball-milled blends provided coefficients of friction within the desired range for braking, which was attributed to the effect of zirconia particles from wear debris of the milling balls. The zirconia particles prevent the formation of solid lubricant films on the surfaces and support a homogeneous mixture of all constituents of the powder. Optimum brake performance is gained by an optimum combination of solid lubricants and abrasives.
The magnetic plasma confinement system of the nuclear fusion experiment “Wendelstein 7-X”, which recently produced the first plasma, consists of 20 planar and 50 non-planar superconducting coils. To keep them precisely in position, these coils contact each other at special support elements. The supports are operated in high vacuum at a temperature of about 4 K, and when the magnetic field is ramped up, forces up to 1500 kN and sliding motion of some mm occurs. Because mechanical disturbances may cause severe failures, only low friction without any stick-slip behaviour is tolerable. In pre-tests a PVD-MoS2-coating had proven to be the optimum solution. It was tested with downsized samples in reciprocating motion in liquid nitrogen (T = 77 K) and liquid helium (T = 4,2 K). In long-term tests in liquid nitrogen this coating showed stable sliding for up to 14.900 friction cycles without coating failure. However, in liquid helium an unexpected stick-slip effect occurred, whose origin could not be clarified so far.
Sliding wear of martensitic steels in hydrogen – X30CrMoN15-1 and 100Cr6 – the role of water traces
(2016)
Initially the primary objective of the project has been the investigation of the influence of gaseous hydrogen on the wear of martensitic steels under heavy tribological stress. As a counter body an Al2O3 ball has been used because the material is inert and hard so that a low amount of wear was expected. If only the gas pressure is responsible for the absorption of hydrogen from the gas to pure α-iron it would require 15·105 MPa (~15 Mbar) to press 1 ppm into the material.
In the test series the Al2O3 balls showed in N2 and H2 atmosphere a higher wear compared to aerial experiments which showed a smaller wear track and a severer wear for the disc. Because of scattering and thereof following investigations it was shown that hydrogen has no noticeable influence but water traces in the gas are manipulating the outcome of the tests distinctly.
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.