A Vacuum (10−9Torr) Friction Apparatus for Determining Friction and Endurance Life of MoSxFilms

Autor: Frank S. Honecy, Phillip B. Abel, Stephen V. Pepper, Talivaldis Spalvins, Donald R. Wheeler, Kazuhisa Miyoshi
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Tribology Transactions. 36:351-358
ISSN: 1547-397X
1040-2004
Popis: An ultrahigh-vacuum tribometer for use in a ball-on-disk configuration was specially designed for measuring the friction and endurance life of magnetron-sputtered solid lubricating MoS(x) films deposited on sputter-cleaned 400 C stainless-steel disks, when slid against a 6-mm-diameter 440 C stainless-steel ball. The results of tests showed that the tribometer performs satisfactorily in unidirectional rotation in vacuum at a pressure of 10 exp -7 Pa, 10 exp -9 torr. Similarities are observed in the life cycle friction behavior and the coefficient of friction as a function of the number of disk revolutions, for MoS(x) films at average Hertzian contact from 0.33 to 0.69 GPa.
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