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Third Body Behavior During Dry Sliding of Cold-Sprayed Al-Al2O3 Composites: In Situ Tribometry and Microanalysis

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Reciprocating sliding wear experiments were conducted on cold-sprayed pure aluminum and Al–22.6 wt% Al2O3 coatings using a custom-built in situ tribometer. Using a transparent sapphire counterface for the wear tests, the dynamic behavior of third body material in the contact was optically observed. The presence of Al2O3 particles led to greater stability of the transfer films adhering to the sapphire counterface, as well as greater stability of the friction coefficient and lower wear rates. Ex situ microanalysis of material in the wear tracks and transfer films suggests that the presence of Al2O3 particles promoted strain localization during sliding. This produced more uniform third body microstructures and protected the underlying aluminum matrix from deformation, which slowed the rate of transfer to the counterface.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) project No. 8246 for the cold-spray equipment, the CFI Leader’s Opportunity Fund project No. 13029 for the in situ tribometer and nanoindentation equipment, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program for the operational funding of this project. JMS acknowledges partial financial support from the McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA) program. Thanks are also due to the CLYM (Center Lyonnais de Microscopie, http://clym.insa-lyon.fr) for the access to the FIB/SEM (Zeiss NVision 40) and to N. Blanchard, A. Descamps-Mandine, Th. Douillard, and B. Van De Moortèle for the technical help. CLYM is supported by CNRS, le Grand Lyon, and le Conseil Régional Rhône-Alpes (France).

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    J. Michael Shockley, S. Descartes & R. R. Chromik

  2. Université de Lyon, CNRS, INSA-Lyon, LaMCoS, UMR5259, 69621, Villeurbanne, France

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  3. National Research Council Canada, 75, boul. de Mortagne, Boucherville, QC, J4B 6Y4, Canada

    E. Irissou & J.-G. Legoux

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Shockley, J.M., Descartes, S., Irissou, E. et al. Third Body Behavior During Dry Sliding of Cold-Sprayed Al-Al2O3 Composites: In Situ Tribometry and Microanalysis. Tribol Lett 54, 191–206 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-014-0326-z

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