Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) Coatings for Automobile Applications
| Autor: | André Paulo Tschiptschin, Luis Bernardo Varela, F.O. Kolawole, S. K. Kolawole, Adebayo F. Owa, M.A. Ramírez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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020303 mechanical engineering & transports
Materials science 0203 mechanical engineering Diamond-like carbon InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSTORAGEANDRETRIEVAL Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0210 nano-technology GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g. dictionaries encyclopedias glossaries) |
| Zdroj: | Engineering Applications of Diamond ISBN: 9781839685316 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.95063 |
| Popis: | Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are amorphous carbon material which exhibits typical properties of diamond such as hardness and low coefficient of friction, characterized based on the sp3 bonded carbon and structure. The proportion of sp2 (graphetically) and sp3 (diamond-like) determines the properties of the DLC. This coating can be applied to automobile engine component in an attempt to provide energy efficiency by reducing friction and wear. However, DLC coatings are faced with issues of thermal instability caused by increasing temperature in the combustion engine of a vehicle. Therefore, it became necessary to seek ways of improving this coating to meetup with all tribological requirements that will be able to resist transformational change of the coating as the temperature increases. This chapter discusses the need for diamond-like carbon coatings for automobile engine applications, due to their ultra-low friction coefficient ( |
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