Abstract
In this study, the authors investigated the synergistic effects of liquid and solid lubrication on the tribological behavior of yttriastabilized zirconia (ZrO2) ceramics. Thin silver films 1 to 2 μm thick were produced on ZrO2 flats by ion-beam-assisted deposition (IB AD) and used as the solid lubricant. A fully formulated synthetic oil (polyolester-based) served as the liquid lubricant. Wear tests were performed on an oscillating-slider wear test machine at temperatures up to 250°C. For the specific test conditions explored, it was found that: (a) without any type of lubrication, the friction coefficients of ZrO2/Z*rO2 test pairs were on the order of 0.6, and the average wear rates of pins were in the range of 5 × 10−5 to 10−4 mm3 · N−1 ·m−1, depending on the test temperature; (b) the use of solid-lubricant silver films alone reduced the friction coefficients of sliding pairs by factors of two to four, and the wear rates of pins by three orders of magnitude; (c) the use of liquid lubricants reduced the f...
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