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Nanoscale Abrasive Wear of CoCrMo in In Situ TEM Sliding

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The mechanical behaviour of materials at nanometre dimensions has been a major recent topic of research. In this study, the wear properties of a ~60-nm thin foil made of the ductile fcc phase of a CoCrMo alloy were examined using in situ sliding test in a transmission electron microscope by sliding a silicon AFM tip on the fcc matrix under an applied normal load of 416–1,279 nN. The material near the surface was deformed plastically, forming dislocations and dislocation cells at the surface. The wear process was found to be strongly dependent on extrinsic factors, namely the attack angle between the tip and the CoCrMo surface. At an attack angle of 64°, the surface was removed by continuous fractures 40–73 nm below the surface. At a lower attack angle of 24°, the abrasive wear switched to ploughing.

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This work was funded by the NSF under the Grant Number CMMI-1030703. The Electron Microscopy Center of Argonne National Laboratory is acknowledged for the use of their facilities. Ms. Gwendolyn Reid is acknowledged for proof reading the manuscript.

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Liao, Y., Hoffman, E. & Marks, L.D. Nanoscale Abrasive Wear of CoCrMo in In Situ TEM Sliding. Tribol Lett 57, 28 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-015-0471-z

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