Antiwear Behavior of Micro-Arc Oxidated Coating Rubbing on Abrasive Paper

Abstract

To research the tribological properties of micro-arc oxidized ceramic coating in extreme friction condition, ceramic coatings were tested with 1000# waterproof sand paper friction pair for the first time. The phase composition of ceramic coating was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD).Micro structures of ceramic coating surface were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Friction coefficient of ceramic coating was measured by ball-on-disc wear tester with a 3 mm steel ball. Wear weight loss and wear rate of ceramic coating were measured and calculated by photoelectron balance. The results show that ceramic coatings in various roughnesses have different former wear rates and close wear rates at stable stage. Under water-lubricated condition, wear rate is as low as 0.2 mg/min to 0.3 mg/min. The antiwear behavior of ceramic coating is about 5.3 times compared to aluminium alloy at dry friction. While under water-lubricated condition, the antiwear behavior of ceramic coating improves about 94 times compared to aluminium alloy. The friction coefficient of loose layer is higher than compact layer at dry friction. And there are positive correlation between wear rate and surface roughness of ceramic coating. So it can be verified that compact layer has well antiwear behavior better than loose layer.