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Effect of Mating Material and Graphitization on Wear of a-C:H Coating in Boundary Base Oil Lubrication

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Hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) coating exhibits different wear behaviors depending on its counterpart material in boundary lubricated sliding contact. In previous works, tribological behaviors of a-C:H coating were investigated against steel, chromium, and germanium counterpart materials. The specific wear rate of a-C:H coating was found to decrease with the ability of its counterpart material to react with or dissolve carbon. The present study investigated how graphitization of a-C:H coating's top layers and interactions of the counterpart material with carbon influence wear behaviors of a-C:H coating in boundary lubrication. Results show that a-C:H coating shows graphitization of its top layers regardless the counterpart material. Correlation with differences in wear behaviors of the a-C:H coating leads to the conclusion that graphitization will induce high wear of a-C:H coating only when there are also atomic interactions between the DLC coating and its counterpart material.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan

    Kouami Auxence Melardot Aboua, Noritsugu Umehara, Takayuki Tokoroyama, Motoyuki Murashima & Mohd Muhyiddin Bin Mustafa

  2. Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kousaka

  3. Nissan Motor Co., Yokohama, Japan

    Yutaka Mabuchi & Tsuyoshi Higuchi

  4. Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahiro Kawaguchi

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Aboua, K.A.M., Umehara, N., Kousaka, H. et al. Effect of Mating Material and Graphitization on Wear of a-C:H Coating in Boundary Base Oil Lubrication. Tribol Lett 68, 24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-019-1248-6

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