Abstract
Nanoscale wear tracks on ionic crystals are created by reciprocating single asperity scratch tests using atomic force microscopy. The wear characteristics are analyzed by the scratch depth as a function of surface temperature from 25 to 300K. The average wear depth shows a nonmonotonic behavior as a function of temperature, with a transition between two different regimes characterized by the occurrence of quasiperiodic ripple formation. A thermally activated bond breaking model quantitatively explains the wear data in the low temperature, nonripple regime, but fails above the temperature threshold. This discrepancy is resolved with a geometric separation of the ripple mounds from the troughs, leading to full agreement with Arrhenius kinetics over the full temperature range.
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