Abstract
Measurements are presented of the friction and wear during sliding of specimens of Nimonic 75, C263, Nimonic 108 and Incoloy 901 on like specimens in air nominally at room temperature. The worn specimens have been examined using microhardness measurements, optical and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron diffraction. These techniques suggest mechanisms for the room-temperature wear of these alloys associated with their strength properties. In particular, changes in the coefficient of friction and the wear rate during sliding can be correlated with work hardening, and possibly some degree of age hardening, of the load-bearing areas, due to the severe mechanical and thermal stresses developed. There is no evidence that oxide films formed on the contact areas during sliding have a significant effect on the tribological behaviour of these alloys. Such films are merely removed from the surface as wear debris.
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