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Environmental effects on friction and wear of diamond and diamondlike carbon coatings

Author
Miyoshi, Kazuhisa
Published
JAN 1, 1992.
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1 electronic document
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Garscadden, Alan and Wu, Richard L. C.
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Summary
Reciprocating sliding friction experiments were conducted with a natural diamond flat, diamond film, and low and high density diamondlike carbon (DLC) films in contact with pin specimens of natural diamond and silicon nitride (Si3N4) both in humid air and dry air nitrogen. The results indicated that for natural diamond pin contacts the diamond films and the natural diamond flat were not susceptible to moisture but that moisture could increase both the coefficient of friction and the wear factors of the DLC films. The coefficients of friction and wear factors of the diamond films were generally similar to those of the natural diamond flat both in humid air and dry air nitrogen. In dry nitrogen the coefficients of friction of the high density DLC films in contact with pin specimens of both diamond and Si3N4 were generally low (about 0.02) and similar to those of the natural diamond flat and the diamond films. The wear factors of the materials in contact with both natural diamond and Si3N4 were generally in the ascending order of natural diamond flat, diamond film, high density DLC film, and low density DLC film. The moisture in the environment increased the coefficients of friction for Si3N4 pins in contact with all the materials. This increase in friction is due to the silicon oxide film produced on the surface of Si3N4 pins in humid air.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19920013949.
Accession ID: 92N23192.
E-6977.
NAS 1.15:105634.
NASA-TM-105634.
International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films; 6-10 Apr. 1992; San Diego, CA; United States.
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