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Friction and wear properties of combined surface modified carbon fabric reinforced phenolic compositesXinrui Zhang a,b ,Xianqiang Pei a ,Qihua Wang a,*a State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication,Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China bGraduate School,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100039,Chinaa r t i c l e i n f o Article history:Received 27March 2008Received in revised form 31May 2008Accepted 12June 2008Available online 20June 2008Keywords:Carbon fabric composites Combined surface treatment Friction and wear Interfacial adhesiona b s t r a c tCarbon fabric (CF)was surface treated with silane-coupling agent modification,HNO 3oxida-tion,combined surface treatment,respectively.The friction and wear properties of the car-bon fabric reinforced phenolic composites (CFP),sliding against GCr15steel rings,were investigated on an M-2000model ring-on-block test rig.Experimental results revealed that combined surface treatment largely reduced the friction and wear of the CFP composites.Scanning electron microscope (SEM)investigation of the worn surfaces of the CFP composites showed that combined surface modified CFP composite had the strongest interfacial adhe-sion and the smoothest worn surface under given load and sliding rate.SEM and X-ray pho-toelectron spectroscopy (XPS)study of carbon fiber surface showed that the fiber surface became rougher and the oxygen concentration increased greatly after combined surface treatment,which improved the adhesion between the fiber and the phenolic resin matrix and hence to improve the friction–reduction and anti-wear properties of the CFP composite.Ó2008Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved.1.IntroductionPolymers are finding wide acceptance in tribological applications because of their low friction against steel counterparts and the self-lubricating ability.Especially,polymer matrix composites reinforced with fibers have been widely accepted as tribo-materials and used on the components supposed to run without any external lubri-cants [1].Many researchers have made lots of attempts to understand the modifications in the tribological behav-iour of the polymers with the addition of fillers or fiber reinforcements [2,3].Many investigations have shown that the incorporation of fiber reinforcement improved the wear-resistance and reduced the coefficient of friction [4–9].This is attributed to a reduced ability of ploughing,tearing and other non-adhesive components of wear by the fibers,provided good interfacial adhesion between the matrix and the fiber reinforcement existed [5].Typical wear mechanisms of polymer matrix composites are:fiber breaking,fiber–matrix debonding and matrix fracture [10–15].Other important mechanisms are fiber pull out,matrix wear related to fiber movement,pealing of the matrix,shear deformation of the fibers and deformation of the edges of the wear track [16].Fabric reinforced polymer composites have high mechanical strength in both longitu-dinal and transverse directions.Another special feature of such reinforcement is their ability to drape or conform to curved surfaces without wrinkling [17].Carbon fabric (CF)reinforced composites are used in aircraft industries since more than five decades and this was initiated from trim tabs,rudders,spoilers,doors [18].However,when applied without previous surface mod-ification,the physical–chemical interaction between car-bon fibers and its reinforced matrix is not tough enough due to the inert surface property of carbon fibers,which will directly affect the degree of interfacial adhesion in the composite system.The lack of interfacial bonding lim-its load transfer capability from matrix to fiber.Typically,poorly adhered carbon fibers are pulled out of the matrix upon failure,thus limiting their reinforcement effect.Numerous methods concerning surface treatment,such as chemical method [19–22],electrochemical method0014-3057/$-see front matter Ó2008Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved.doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.06.013*Corresponding author.Tel.:+869314968180;fax:+869318277088.E-mail address:wangqh@ (Q.Wang).European Polymer Journal 44(2008)2551–2557Contents lists available at ScienceDirectEuropean Polymer Journaljournal homepage:www.elsevi e r.c o m /l o c a t e /e u r o p o l j[23–25],plasma treatment[26,27],etc.,have been devel-oped to increase the quantity of surface functional groups and thus enhance the ability to establish strong interac-tions betweenfibers and matrix.In this paper,silane-coupling agent modification,HNO3 oxidation and combined surface treatment was used to modify the carbonfibers surface,respectively.The friction and wear properties of the resulting modified carbon fabric composites were comparatively investigated with that of the unmodified carbon fabric composites.The present work is expected to understand the effect of combined sur-face modification technology.2.Experimental2.1.MaterialsIn the present study,the adhesive resin(204phenolic resin adhesive)was provided by Shanghai Xing-guang Chemical Plant of China.3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (DB550)was provided by Diamond New Material Of Chem-ical Inc.of China.The reinforcements were PAN-based unmodified carbon fabric(supplied by Weihai Guangwei Group Co.Ltd.,China).The properties of the carbon fabric are shown in Table1.The commercial carbon fabric was dipped in acetone for24h,then cleaned ultrasonically in acetone for0.5h,finally,they were dried at100°C before used.2.2.Carbonfiber modificationThe cleaned carbon fabric was then modified in the fol-lowing ways:(1)Coupling agent treatment.The carbon fabric was immersed into the1wt%aqueous solution of DB550for1h,then dried at110°C for1h to cure the silane and simultaneously remove the excess of water.Finally, the carbon fabric was washed with dried toluene for 20min to eliminate the non-reacted fragments of silane.(2)HNO3oxidation.The carbon fabric was immersed intoa strong HNO3(65–68wt%)solution for4h,and then rinsed in distilled water and dried.(3)Combined surface treatment.The carbon fabric was treated by HNO3oxida-tion and coupling agent treatment in sequence as de-scribed in the above.2.3.Preparation of carbon fabric compositesThe carbon fabric(350Â250mm)was put into the phenolic resin solution and dipped ultrasonically for 10min,and then the fabric was put into an oven to evap-orate the solvent at40°C.The composite was prepared by dip-coating in the phenolic resin as the adhesive.A series of repetitive immersing and coating of the carbon fabric were performed to allow the generation of the composite coatings.Finally,the prepreg was cut into long pieces of 50Â30mm and put into the mould with plies orientations of[0°/0°].Thefinal target carbon fabric reinforced phenolic composites were obtained by heating the mould at180°C for3h.At the end of each run of heating sintering,the resulting specimens were cooled with the stove in air and then cut into preset sizes for friction and wear tests. In the following text,the composites were denoted as Composite U,A,B and C for the composites made of the unmodified carbon fabric and carbon fabric modified by coupling agent treatment,HNO3oxidation and combined surface treatment,respectively.2.4.Testing procedureAfter surface treatment,the carbonfibers samples were transferred in air to a VG Scientific ESCA LAB210spec-trometer for analysis of the surface elemental composi-tions by XPS.The XPS analysis was carried out using unmono-chromated Mg Ka X-radiation using Al/Mg dual anode at20KV under300W and the base pressure in the sample chamber was about10À7Pa.The morphologies of the treated and untreated carbonfibers were compared by SEM observation,before which the tested carbonfibers specimens were plated with gold coating to render them electrically conductive.The friction and wear behaviour of the carbon fabric composites sliding against stainless steel rings were evalu-ated on an M-2000model ring-on-block test rig(made by Jinan Testing Machine Factory,China).The contact techni-cal drawing is shown in Fig.1,The tested samples were Composite U,A,B and C in a size of30Â7Â2mm,while the counterpart were rings of GCr15stainless steels with a diameter of40mm.The chemical composition of the GCr15steel ring is shown in Table2.The tests were carried out at a linear velocity of0.431m/s under a load of200N to a period of120min.Before each test,the stainless steel ring and the composite block were polished to a roughness (Ra)of about0.3À/0.4l m.During the friction process,the block specimen was static and the steel ring was sliding against the block unidirectionally.The friction force was measured using a torque shaft equipped with strain gauges mounted on a vertical arm that carried the block,which was used to calculate the friction coefficient by taking into account the normal load applied.The width of the wear tracks was measured with a reading microscope to an accuracy of0.01mm.Then the specific wear rate(x)of the specimen was calculated from Eq.(1).Where B is the width of the specimen(mm),r is the semi diameter of the stainless steel ring(mm)and b is the width of the wear trace(mm),L is the sliding distance in meter,P is the load in Newton.The tests were repeated for three times,the wear tracks of the composite and stainless steel specimens were examined on a JSM-5600LV scanning electron micro-scope(SEM).In order to increase the resolution for the SEM observation,the tested composite specimens were plated with gold coating to render them electrically conductive.Table1The properties of the carbon fabricCarbon fabric PlainType PANTow1KEnd per inch(filament/10mm)1Pick per inch(filament/10mm)9.1Density(g/m2)25±5Thickness(mm)0.16±0.022552X.Zhang et al./European Polymer Journal44(2008)2551–2557x ¼B L ÃP p r 2180arcsin ðb 2r ÞÀb 2r ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffir 2Àb 22s 2435ðmm 3=N m Þð1Þ3.Results and discussion 3.1.Friction and wear propertiesThe friction coefficient and wear rate of Composite U,A,B and C sliding against GCr15stainless rings are compara-tively shown in Fig.2.It can be seen that the friction coef-ficient of the modified CFP composites (Composite A,B and C)decreased slightly as compared with that of CompositeU.Besides,the specific wear rate of the composite were in the following order:Composite C <Composite B <Com-posite A <Composite U.That is to say the surface modifica-tion of carbon fabric was favorable to improve the friction and wear behaviour of the composites.It is well worth not-ing that the wear rate of the composites decreased by 47%when the carbon fabric was modified by combined surface treatment (Composite C).The surface modification can im-proved the interfacial adhesion between the CF and the phenolic resin matrix and reduced the detachment of the CF from the phenolic resin matrix and prevented the for-mation of the third body,which resulted in producing pri-marily an adhesive wear mechanism.This mechanism is generally less dangerous than an abrasive one,resulting in a lower friction coefficient and wear rate [22].Fig.3shows the SEM morphologies of the worn surfaces of the composites made of various modified carbon fabric under dry sliding under 200N at a speed of 0.431m/s in a period of 120min.The sliding direction of the composites is marked with the white arrowhead.From Fig.3a,it can be seen that pronouncedly pulled out,even broken carbon fi-ber was on the worn surface of Composite U,which indi-cated that the CF performed very poor interface bonding with the phenolic resin matrix.The drop out of the CF from the phenolic resin matrix shifted the wear mechanisms from adhesive wear to abrasive wear.However,the worn surface of Composite A was relatively smoother (Fig.3b),and the phenomenon of pronounced carbon fiber pulling-out was abated.And for Composite B,only a few carbon fi-bers was pulled out or broken on the worn surface (Fig.3c).In particular,the worn surface of Composite C was the smoothest and little signs of carbon fiber damage were seen (Fig.3d),which conformed to the best wear-resis-tance of the composite.From the above,it is clear that the surface treatment of the CF can improve the adhesion between the CF and the phenolic resin matrix,which can transmit the load from the matrix to fibers efficiently and prevent the peeling off of the carbon fibers and resulted in better tribological behaviour.Fig.4shows the magnified SEM morphologies of the worn surfaces of the composites made of various modified carbon fabric.As shown in Fig.4a,the surface of carbon fi-bers is smooth and the carbon fibers were almost com-pletely separated from the matrix,with the fiber–adhesive interface gap to be significantly large,which indi-cated the adhesion between the CF and the phenolic resin matrix was poor and was consistent with the poorwear-Fig.1.The contact technical drawing for the friction couple.Table 2Chemical composition of the GCr15steel ring Chemical composition (wt%)CMn Si P S Cr 0.95–1.050.25–0.450.15–03560.02560.0251.40–1.65X.Zhang et al./European Polymer Journal 44(2008)2551–25572553resistance of Composite U.For Composite A and B,the car-bon fiber and the phenolic resin was still bonded to some extent after friction indicating that the bonding between the carbon fabric and the phenolic resin matrix was im-proved (Fig.4b and c),which was responsible for the slight increase of wear-resistance of the composite compared to the unmodified one.In the case of Composite C as seen from SEM,gap between the CF and the phenolic resin be-comes unnoticeable (Fig.4d),which indicated that com-bined surface treatment contributed to effectiveincreaseFig.3.SEM pictures of the worn surfaces of the composites made of various modified CF (a)composite U (b)composite A (c)composite B (d)compositeC.Fig.4.The magnified SEM morphologies of the worn surfaces of the composites made of various modified CF (a)composite U (b)composite A (c)composite B (d)composite C.2554X.Zhang et al./European Polymer Journal 44(2008)2551–2557in interfacial bonding between the CF and the phenolic re-sin and hence to significantly improve the tribological properties of the CFP composite.Fig.5shows the SEM morphologies of the transfer film on the surface of GCr15steel counterpart.For the steel counterpart friction against Composite U,a large amount of transferred wear debris was observed on the counter-part surface and the transfer film was thick and discontin-uous (Fig.5a),which corresponded to the poor wear-resistance of this composite.On the contrast,for the counterpart friction against composite made of carbon fabric by single surface modification,few wear debris was seen on the counterpart surface and the transfer film became thinner but still inhomogeneous (Fig.5b and c).Differently from the above transfer films,when friction against Composite C,a relative thin,uniform and compact transfer film was formed on the counterpart steel ring (Fig.5d).With the formation of the relative uniform and coherent transfer film,subsequent sliding occurred be-tween the surface of the CFP composites and the transfer film.Consequently,a lower friction coefficient and wear rate was reached.3.2.XPS and SEM analysis of the carbon fabric surfaces The elemental information got from the XPS spectra is shown in Table 3.It can be found that both the relative O concentration and the O/C ratios in the carbon fabric sur-face all increased after surface modification.It is worth noting that the combined surface treatment was themost effective in increasing the O concentration in the carbon fiber surface.The reason might be due to the fact that combined surface treatment can consolidate the ef-fect of HNO 3oxidation and can change the chemical composition of the fiber surface and introduce more ac-tive functional groups.The number of oxygen-containing groups of the untreated CF sample was attributed to the residual groups of the polymeric precursor,polyacryloni-trile and the polymeric sizing on the CF after washing in acetone.The curve fitting spectra of C1s of the untreated and treated CF are revealed in Fig.6.The main C1s peak is pre-sented at 285eV,which correspond to the graphitic link-age of carbon fiber.In addition,there are some peaks appeared at the higher binding energy positions compared with the main C1s peak and they correspond to different oxygen-containing groups.Each functional group gives rise to a signal in the XPS spectrum with a particular range of binding energies.Deconvolution of the C1s spectra of carbon fibers gave four peaks designated as peak 1(at 284.7–284.9eV as-signed to graphitic carbon),peak 2(at 285.9–286.3eV,car-bon bonded phenolic or alcoholic hydroxyls or ether oxygens),peak 3(at 287–287.4eV,Bridged structure)and peak 4(at 288.7–289eV,carbonyl carbon in ketones or carboxyl functions or ester groups).The fitting results of C1s of different samples are shown in Table 4.For the untreated CF sample,the mainly oxygen-containing groups on surface are A C A OH,A C A O A C.Also,a small amount of C @O and A COOR groups existed on the surface.When CF was treated,the content of A C A C AA decreased and more bridged structure and C @O,A C A OH,A C A O A C could be formed on the surface,especially modified by combined surface treatment.The increase in the oxygen-containing groups increased the polarity of the carbon fiber surface and thus enhanced the wettability of the CF with the phe-nolic resin matrix.Better wetting can improve the interfa-cial adhesion by providing a more intimate contact and increasing the thermodynamic work of adhesion or by reducing the number of interfacial defects,which led to better stress transfer from the matrix to the fiber materials [28].The SEM morphologies of the untreated and treated CF are shown in Fig.7.It can be observed remarkable differ-ences existed between the untreated and treated CF.The CF after DB550modification (Fig.7b)became smoother and the grooves were less obvious than the untreated CF (Fig.7a).Under the HNO 3oxidation,there appeared more defects,closely spaced grooves,protuberances on the sur-faces (Fig.7c).The etching effect can make the CF rougher,which can enhance the mechanical interlockingbetweenFig.5.SEM morphologies of the transfer films on the surface of GCr15steel counterpart (a)composite U (b)composite A (c)composite B (d)composite C.Table 3XPS surface elemental analysis data of untreated and treated CF SamplesC (%)O (%)N (%)O/C Pure CF 75.121.6 3.30.288CF/DB55067.226.1 6.70.388CF/HNO 369.723.8 6.50.34CF/HNO 3+DB55060.828.810.40.474X.Zhang et al./European Polymer Journal 44(2008)2551–25572555the CF and resin.The surface (Fig.7d)of the combined sur-face modified CF also became rougher,which resulted from the strong HNO 3etching.The rougher CF surface would provide a more contact between the carbon fibers and the phenolic resin matrix to ensure a significant level of van der Waals force,which enhanced the degree of mechanical contact between the fibers and polymer matrix and improved the interface physical adhesion between the fibers and polymer matrix [29].The adhesion between the CF and the phenolic resin matrix can be mainly improved by increasing the real con-tact between the CF and the phenolic resin and/or intro-ducing interfacial chemical reaction.The transition area formed between the fibers and the matrix can transmit load and prevent the propagation of crack.When the car-bon fibers were surface treated,the transition area formed would be improved.Especially,when the carbon fiber was treated with combined surface modification,the thickness of interphase formed was larger than those formed in the case of carbon fibers treated with coupling agent or HNO 3oxidation and hence to improve the adhesion be-tween the CF and the phenolic resin matrix.When thereis a strong adhesion between fibers and matrix,the fiber can bring more reinforcement,which played an important role on the tribological properties of CFP composites.Table 4Surface component analysis of C1s curve of different carbon fiber samples SamplesPeak 1Peak 2Peak 3Peak 4Pure CF 66.722.18 3.2CF/DB55061.725.49.6 3.3CF/HNO 359.226.89.8 4.2CF/HNO 3+DB55055.52316.15.4Fig.7.The SEM configurations of the untreated and treated CF(a)Pure CF (b)CF/DB550(c)CF/HNO 3(d)CF/HNO 3+DB550.2556X.Zhang et al./European Polymer Journal 44(2008)2551–25574.ConclusionsBoth coupling agent and HNO3oxidation can help im-prove the friction and wear behaviour of CF reinforced phe-nolic resin matrix composite,while combined surface treatment is the most effective to decrease the friction coefficient and wear rate of the composite.The worn sur-face morphology of the CFP composites with modifiedfiber exhibited better adhesive properties between thefiber and phenolic resin matrix,which was responsible for the improvement of the tribological properties of the composites.AcknowledgementsThe authors acknowledge thefinancial support of the Innovative Group Foundation from NSFC(Grant No. 50421502)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50475128)and the important direction project for the knowledge innovative engineering of Chi-nese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KGCX3-SYW-205). 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