Abstract
The tribological properties of Zr-based and Cu-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) sliding against discs of SUS 304 and Si3N4 at room temperature under dry and lubrication of fresh plasma, distilled water, and physiological distilled water were investigated on a pin-on-disc testing machine. The results demonstrated the influences of counterface materials, lubrication conditions and the characteristics of BMGs on the frictional behaviors of the Cu- and Zr-based BMGs. It is found that the steady state friction coefficients and the wear rates sometimes are not consistent, and the wear resistance was been improved when the counterface change from SUS304 to Si3N4. Otherwise, wear rates of the BMGs under lubrication conditions are much lower than that of under dry sliding conditions, and the Cu-based BMGs exhibits higher wear resistance than Zr-based BMGs under same experimental conditions because it is a nanocrystalline amorphous alloy and has the higher glass transition and crystallization temperatures.
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