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Effect of Ti3SiC2 Content on Tribological Behavior of Ni3Al Matrix Self-Lubricating Composites from 25 to 800 °C

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The self-lubricating composites of Ni3Al-Ti3SiC2-TiC-C (NMC) with varying Ti3SiC2 contents were fabricated by spark plasma sintering technique. Dry sliding pin-on-disc friction and wear tests of NMC against Si3N4 ceramic ball were undertaken at 25, 200, 400, 600, and 800 °C in air, respectively. The results showed that NMC with 15 wt.% Ti3SiC2 lubricant owned the excellent tribological properties over a wide temperature range from 25 to 800 °C, whose friction coefficients and wear rates were about 0.17-0.58 and 0.31-4.2 × 10−5 mm3/N/m, respectively. A possible explanation for these results was that the subsurface microstructure self-refinement and the special stratification morphology of the tribo-layer were beneficial to the reduction of friction coefficient. Meanwhile, the protective action of the tribo-layer for the frictional surface could also decrease the wear rate.

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This work was supported by the Nature Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2012FFB05104); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51275370); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2010-II-020); the Project for Science and Technology Plan of Wuhan City (2013010501010139); the Academic Leader Program of Wuhan City (201150530146); and the Project for Teaching and Research project of Wuhan University of Technology (2012016). The authors also wish to gratefully thank the Material Research and Testing Center of Wuhan University of Technology for their assistance.

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Zhai, W., Shi, X., Xu, Z. et al. Effect of Ti3SiC2 Content on Tribological Behavior of Ni3Al Matrix Self-Lubricating Composites from 25 to 800 °C. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 23, 1374–1385 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-014-0892-0

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