TY - JOUR
T1 - Friction and wear property of a-CNx coatings sliding against ceramic and steel balls in water
AU - Zhou, Fei
AU - Adachi, Koshi
AU - Kato, Koji
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their appreciation to Mrs. Yujiro Matsumoto, Naoya Sodeyama and Daisuke Kawase for their helps in CN x coating preparation and water lubrication tests. One of the authors (F. Zhou) also gratefully acknowledges Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for giving him a Post-Doc. fellowship.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - The amorphous carbon nitride coatings (a-CNx) were deposited on Si3N4 disks using ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD), and their composition and chemical bonding were determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The a-CNx coatings' hardness was measured by nano-indentation and the friction and wear property of the a-CN x coatings sliding against Si3N4, SiC, Al 2O3, SUS440C and SUJ2 balls in water were investigated by using ball-on-disk tribo-meter. The worn surfaces were observed using optical microscopy and analyzed by XPS. The results of XPS analysis showed that the a-CNx coatings contained 12 at.% nitrogen and the major chemical bonding was sp2 C = N and sp3C-N. The nano-hardness of the a-CNx coatings was 29 GPa, higher than those of balls. Among five kinds of tribo-systems, the lowest friction coefficient was obtained in the range of 0.01 to 0.02 for the tribo-systems with SiC and Si 3N4 balls, the largest wear rate of the a-CNx coating of 1.77 × 10- 7 mm3/Nm was obtained as sliding against Al2O3 ball, while the smallest wear rate of a-CNx coating of 1.44 × 10- 8 mm3/Nm was gotten as sliding against Si3N4 ball. However, SUJ2 ball showed the highest wear rate of 7.0 × 10- 7 mm 3/Nm, whereas Al2O3 ball exhibited the lowest wear rate of ball of 3.55 × 10- 9 mm3/Nm. The XPS analysis on the worn surface for the a-CNx coatings displayed that the nitrogen concentration decreased and the sp2-bonding-rich structure was formed after sliding tests in water.
AB - The amorphous carbon nitride coatings (a-CNx) were deposited on Si3N4 disks using ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD), and their composition and chemical bonding were determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The a-CNx coatings' hardness was measured by nano-indentation and the friction and wear property of the a-CN x coatings sliding against Si3N4, SiC, Al 2O3, SUS440C and SUJ2 balls in water were investigated by using ball-on-disk tribo-meter. The worn surfaces were observed using optical microscopy and analyzed by XPS. The results of XPS analysis showed that the a-CNx coatings contained 12 at.% nitrogen and the major chemical bonding was sp2 C = N and sp3C-N. The nano-hardness of the a-CNx coatings was 29 GPa, higher than those of balls. Among five kinds of tribo-systems, the lowest friction coefficient was obtained in the range of 0.01 to 0.02 for the tribo-systems with SiC and Si 3N4 balls, the largest wear rate of the a-CNx coating of 1.77 × 10- 7 mm3/Nm was obtained as sliding against Al2O3 ball, while the smallest wear rate of a-CNx coating of 1.44 × 10- 8 mm3/Nm was gotten as sliding against Si3N4 ball. However, SUJ2 ball showed the highest wear rate of 7.0 × 10- 7 mm 3/Nm, whereas Al2O3 ball exhibited the lowest wear rate of ball of 3.55 × 10- 9 mm3/Nm. The XPS analysis on the worn surface for the a-CNx coatings displayed that the nitrogen concentration decreased and the sp2-bonding-rich structure was formed after sliding tests in water.
KW - Amorphous carbon nitride
KW - Friction
KW - Oxidation resistance
KW - Water lubrication
KW - Wear
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U2 - 10.1016/j.diamond.2005.06.025
DO - 10.1016/j.diamond.2005.06.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:24144489454
SN - 0925-9635
VL - 14
SP - 1711
EP - 1720
JO - Diamond and Related Materials
JF - Diamond and Related Materials
IS - 10
ER -