ceramic against AISI 52100 steel

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Tribologicalpropertiesof␥-Y2Si2O7ceramicagainstAISI52100steelandSi3N4ceramiccounterparts

ZiqiSuna,b,LingWua,b,MeishuanLia,YanchunZhoua,∗aShenyangNationalLaboratoryforMaterialsScience,InstituteofMetalResearch,ChineseAcademyofSciences,72WenhuaRoad,Shenyang110016,China

bGraduateSchoolofChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100039,China

articleinfoArticlehistory:Received14October2007Receivedinrevisedform21November2008Accepted18December2008Availableonline25December2008Keywords:Y2Si2O7FrictionandwearWearmechanismWeardebrisabstractReciprocatingball-on-flatdryslidingfrictionandwearexperimentshavebeenconductedonsingle-phase␥-Y2Si2O7ceramicflatsincontactwithAISI52100bearingsteelandSi3N4ceramicballsat5–15Nnormalloadsinanambientenvironment.Thekineticfrictioncoefficientsof␥-Y2Si2O7variedinthe

rangeover0.53–0.63againstAISI52100steelandbetween0.51–0.56againstSi3N4ceramic.Wefoundthatwearoccurredpredominantlyduringtherunning-inperiodanditalmostceasedatthesteadyfrictionstage.Thewearratesof␥-Y2Si2O7wereintheorderof10−4mm3/(Nm).Besides,weardebrisstrongly

influencedthefrictionandwearprocesses.Thestrongchemicalaffinitybetween␥-Y2Si2O7andAISI

52100ballsledtoathicktransferlayerformedonbothcontactsurfacesoftheflatandcounterpartball,whichchangedthedirectslidingbetweentheballandtheflatintoashearingwithinthetransferlayer.Forthe␥-Y2Si2O7/Si3N4pair,athinsilicahydratelubricanttribofilmpresentedabovethecompresseddebris

entrappedintheworntrackandcontactballsurface.Thistransferlayerandthetribofilmseparatedtheslidingcouplefromdirectcontactandcontributedtothelowfrictioncoefficientandwearrate.©2009ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.

1.IntroductionCeramicsareidealmaterialsforwear-resistanceapplicationsespeciallyundersevereenvironments,duetotheirhighhardnessandchemicalinertness,andpossessmoreadvantagesoverotherwidelyusedengineeringmaterialssuchasmetalsandplastics.Inelectronicapplications,ceramicshavealsometmanyproblemsconcerningwearwhenusedasmicromechanicaldevices,micro-motors,valveseats,etc.Inthesecases,thewearcharacteristicsofceramicsunderdifferentenvironmentsneedtobewellunderstood.Y2Si2O7isarefractoryceramicwithahighmeltingpointof1775◦C.ItisalsorecognizedasaprecipitatedphaseatthegrainboundariesofsinteredSi3N4withY2O3orY2O3+SiO2sinteringaidsanditisanimportantphaseintheSiO2–Y2O3–Si3N4phasedia-gram[1–3].Asaverystablepolymorphamongthesixpolymorphsofyttriumdisilicate(y,␣,␤,␥,␦,andprobablyz),␥-Y2Si2O7attractsourinterestduetoitsuniquecombinationofcharacteristics,suchasitshighmeltingpoint,thermalstabilityandexcellentphysicalproperties,whichmakethismaterialacandidateformanyhightemperaturestructuralapplicationsandathermal/environment∗Correspondingauthorat:High-performanceCeramicDivision,ShenyangNationalLaboratoryforMaterialsScience,InstituteofMetalResearch,ChineseAcademyofSciences,72WenhuaRoad,Shenyang,110016,ChinaTel.:+862423971765;fax:+862423891320.E-mailaddress:yczhou@imr.ac.cn(Y.Zhou).barriercoatingmaterial[4–7].Besides,␥-Y2Si2O7hasapotentialusageasacomponentincomplexshapes,suchasrotors,seals,nozzles,valvesandsoforthduetoitsgoodmachinability,anditsdurabilityforhigh-temperatureoxidizingandhotcorrosionenvi-ronments[8–10].Italsohasapotentialuseasthehingejointsinthebodyflapsandruddersforfutureorbitalspaceplanes,butonlyifthismaterialhasagoodresistancetosliding/rollingwearorabrasive/erosionwear.Thesedemandsnecessitateathoroughdescriptionofthefrictioncharacteristicsandwearresistanceofthe␥-Y2Si2O7ceramic.

Tothispoint,thereciprocatingfrictionandwearbehaviorof␥-Y2Si2O7againstAISI52100steelandSi3N4counterpartballshavebeensystematicallyinvestigatedinapointcontactwearmodeunderanonlubricatedambientenvironment.Theresultsobtainedwillbenefitthepromotionof␥-Y2Si2O7asacandidateforastruc-turalmaterial,whichcanbeusedasamovingcomponent.

2.Experimentalprocedure2.1.SamplesThematerialusedinthisstudywasthepressurelesssinteredsingle-phase␥-Y2Si2O7withafinaldensityof98%.Itsprepara-tionprocedurehasbeendescribedelsewhere[11].Fig.1showsthemicrostructureobservedonthethermallyetchedsurfaceof␥-Y2Si2O7usingSEM.Thesamplewasgroundon1500gridSiCpaper

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